Liverpool don’t intend to problem Man Metropolis to the signing of Marc Guehi this month, after their rivals agreed a deal price £20 million with Crystal Palace.
Guehi is about to bear a medical with Man Metropolis after a deal price an preliminary £20 million was agreed with Palace on Friday.
This Is Anfield understands Liverpool’s stance on the scenario is unchanged regardless of the understanding of dropping out on a participant who that they had agreed to signal for £35 million in September.
Will Liverpool signal Marc Guehi? Why Man Metropolis gained the race for £20m defender
Man Metropolis switch: Marc Guehi is about for a medical at Man Metropolis after a cut-price £20 million deal was agreed with Crystal Palace on Friday.
Liverpool stance: Regardless of beforehand agreeing to pay £35m for the defender in September, Liverpool have determined to not rival Metropolis’s transfer.
Summer season technique: With Ibrahima Konate‘s contract nonetheless unsure, the Reds are anticipated to prioritise a senior centre-back signing in the summertime window.
Liverpool signings: Liverpool have already secured three younger defenders for the U21s in Mor Talla Ndiaye, Noah Adekoya and Ifeanyi Ndukwe.
That deal was considered by the membership as a market alternative, and after Palace’s dramatic U-turn on deadline day their focus shifted to a free switch this summer time.
However they haven’t been tempted right into a cut-price transfer in January, with it merely not seen because the coup it might have been both aspect of the present marketing campaign.
Liverpool are anticipated to signal not less than one new centre-back in the summertime to come back, notably given the uncertainty over Ibrahima Konate‘s contract scenario.
The membership have actually already secured three defenders in 18-year-old Mor Talla Ndiaye (£1m), 19-year-old Noah Adekoya (undisclosed) and 17-year-old Ifeanyi Ndukwe (£2.5m; will take part July) however all three are thought of academy signings.
In a press convention on Friday, Palace head coach Oliver Glasner – who in the identical briefing confirmed he can be leaving Selhurst Park on the finish of the season – revealed Guehi’s exit was within the “last levels.”
Earlier within the day, Arne Slot spoke to reporters on the AXA Coaching Centre and insisted “everyone seems to be aligned” at Liverpool on the subject of transfers.
Why Arne Slot is “aligned” on Liverpool’s resolution on Marc Guehi
“That’s to not say that we’re going to behave [in January], however everyone seems to be aligned on what we face,” he defined.
“There isn’t any one which has a distinct opinion about it. However that’s to not say that something goes to occur.”
Liverpool have misplaced each Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley to season-ending knee accidents and that has prompted requires mid-season reinforcements.
Guehi was seen by many as the right addition, notably given how shut he was to becoming a member of on deadline day, however the membership will shift their focus to different targets if, as anticipated, his transfer to Man Metropolis is accomplished.
Are Liverpool making a mistake by not difficult Man Metropolis for Marc Guehi?
With Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni out for the season, Liverpool’s resolution to not rival Man Metropolis for a cut-price Marc Guehi has divided the fanbase. Can they actually afford to move on a confirmed Premier League captain?
Have your say: Is that this a wise long-term technique or is it a missed alternative to salvage the season? Tell us within the feedback.
