Liverpool have been caught wanting numbers on the again this season with their distress additional compounding after Giovanni Leoni’s harm, which is ready to maintain him out of motion for the foreseeable future.
Joe Gomez can also be not very dependable from a health standpoint, thus leaving Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk as the one constant pairing on the again for Arne Slot though each of them usually are not having fun with their finest spell on the membership both.
Konate’s contract at Anfield expires on the finish of the continuing season and never progress has been revamped his renewal, whereas Van Dijk’s kind has been removed from ultimate, thereby costing the Reds dearly within the Premier League.
Marc Guehi has been intently linked with a swap to Liverpool and got here agonisingly near a Deadline Day swap with all the pieces agreed and a medical achieved, just for Crystal Palace to tug the plug attributable to not signing a substitute.
Soccer Insider has reported that regardless of curiosity from Actual Madrid, Guehi ‘desires to go to Liverpool’ subsequent 12 months having already confirmed to Palace that he shall be departing the membership as soon as his contract ends in June subsequent 12 months.
Huge aid for Liverpool
Actual Madrid’s attract is such that Liverpool have been thwarted by the Whites from signing the likes of Aurelien Tchouameni, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo Goes lately, whereas Trent Alexander-Arnold additionally swapped pastures as a free agent this 12 months.
Contemplating the variety of gamers they haven’t been capable of safe attributable to Madrid, Marc Guehi’s alternative comes as a giant aid to the Reds, who will be capable to get their fingers on a incredible Virgil van Dijk substitute with Premier League expertise.
With that mentioned, the connection Liverpool have constructed along with his brokers for the reason that summer season is ready to show important as they signal one in every of England’s high central defenders, valued at £44 million on Transfermarkt, on a free switch quickly.
There isn’t a lot that must be mentioned about Guehi’s qualities, that are as soon as once more on present at Crystal Palace this season. Private phrases between the 2 events are additionally unlikely to be a problem with Liverpool displaying they’re able to spend huge.
