One dependable journalist has concurrently handed encouragement and issued a cautionary be aware to Liverpool relating to a pursuit of Marc Guehi.
Fabrizio Romano has indicated that the Reds will ‘quickly’ decide on whether or not or to not launch a bid for the Crystal Palace defender this month, one thing that ex-Manchester United chief scout Mick Brown believes will occur.
The 25-year-old is into the ultimate 12 months of his contract at Selhurst Park, and BBC reporter Sami Mokbel claimed final week that ‘there are not any indicators’ of the participant extending that deal, though it appears that evidently he might but decide to the Eagles.
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On Tuesday afternoon, The Guardian author Ed Aarons took to X with an replace on Guehi, who is likely to be completely happy to remain put with the FA Cup holders however would favor to affix Liverpool over Newcastle, who might probably return in for him after seeing big-money provides rejected for him over the previous yr.
The journalist posted: ‘Perceive Crystal Palace but to obtain provides for Marc Guehi, who is claimed to be completely happy to remain at Selhurst Park and see out remaining yr of his contract. Liverpool nonetheless considered his most well-liked choice however Newcastle might revive curiosity. Palace need £40m (rejected £70m in Jan).’
Liverpool can’t let Guehi be part of a direct rival
If Guehi finally decides to stay at Selhurst Park, or if the Eagles handle to fend off any potential suitors for him, that’d be disappointing for Liverpool however would no less than nonetheless be tolerable.
Nonetheless, if the Reds fail to do sufficient to stop him from becoming a member of a Premier League rival in Newcastle, that’d represent a major blot on the Anfield hierarchy’s copybook, particularly with Arne Slot’s squad badly in want of centre-back reinforcement.
LFC aren’t able to hold tight and attempt to get the England worldwide on a free switch subsequent yr, not with solely three pure senior central defenders on the membership (together with the at the moment injured Joe Gomez and the exit-linked Ibrahima Konate).
All issues thought-about, £40m is effectively value paying for Guehi, who’d not solely give Liverpool some much-needed strengthening in a threadbare a part of the squad, however would additionally contribute in direction of our homegrown quota and supply an assured, Premier League-proven choice with a monitor document for excelling on the massive stage.
It’d be baffling for sporting director Richard Hughes to not submit a suggestion to Palace for the 25-year-old this month on the very least, and unacceptable for the Reds to overlook out on him to a direct top-flight rival, given our present defensive state of affairs.
