Liverpool reportedly have their sights set on a swoop for a centre-back – if a rival Premier League membership doesn’t snap him up earlier than the summer time switch window shuts on Friday night time.
Based on Miguel Delaney for The Impartial, Newcastle’s proposed transfer for Marc Guehi has stalled, with Crystal Palace unwavering of their £70m valuation of the defender. The saga is anticipated to ‘go to the wire’ as as to whether or not it’ll be resolved earlier than the deadline in two days’ time.
The 24-year-old can be a goal for the Reds, however a switch to Anfield received’t occur for the England worldwide within the present window. As an alternative, LFC might take into account swooping for him subsequent yr if he’s nonetheless at Selhurst Park by then.
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Liverpool look like banking on Newcastle being unable to dealer a deal for Guehi within the subsequent 50 hours in the event that they’re unwilling to satisfy Palace’s firmly fastened asking value.
If the England defender continues to be with the Eagles by the top of the switch window (and duly into 2025), the Reds would possibly but succeed the place the Magpies haven’t to this point when it comes to luring the 24-year-old from south London.
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Because it stands, Arne Slot is decently stocked with centre-back choices in Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Jarell Quansah and Joe Gomez, though hypothesis has been rife concerning the latter in latest days.
If Liverpool can retain all 4 and in the event that they every stay match all through the primary half of the season, we should always be capable to handle with the present choice, however the threat is that dropping even a kind of for a chronic interval would go away us fairly gentle in that a part of the squad.
After all, if Newcastle make a breakthrough and get Guehi to St James’ Park by Friday, Richard Hughes will probably be compelled to look elsewhere for potential centre-back additions, however the prospect of touchdown the Palace defender if the Magpies fail to get him can be most pleasing for these of a Reds persuasion.
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