Overview

• Sky Sports reports Liverpool held initial talks with Crystal Palace that revealed a roughly £40 million valuation gap for Marc Guehi.
• Liverpool completed the signing of 18-year-old centre-back Giovanni Leoni from Parma on August 12 to strengthen their defence.
• Football Insider suggests Liverpool may delay a Guehi move until he becomes a free agent next summer.
• Steve Parish has warned that Guehi’s final year at Selhurst Park requires "a new contract or a conclusion" to avoid losing him without a fee.
• Unspecified reports indicate Eberechi Eze has asked to join Tottenham, which could restrict Palace from selling another key defender this summer.