Liverpool could possibly be susceptible to lacking out on one reported switch goal this month, with a Premier League rival having initiated talks with the participant.
On Friday, The Athletic‘s David Ornstein said that Newcastle have commenced negotiations with Crystal Palace over a attainable transfer for Marc Guehi, stealing a march on different obvious suitors as the primary membership to enter ‘significant’ discussions.
Fabrizio Romano had indicated final month that the 24-year-old was the topic of quite a few scouting missions from the Merseyside giants, though The Mirror’s David Anderson claimed that the England defender isn’t a participant of curiosity at Anfield.
READ MORE: Proposed Liverpool pre-season plan may flip to mud as membership left feeling short-changed
READ MORE: (Video) Mark Ogden’s six-word Anthony Gordon declare may ship Liverpool followers right into a frenzy
There have been conflicting experiences as to only how a lot Guehi is valued by Liverpool as a believable switch goal this summer time, but when he’s a participant that Richard Hughes needs at Anfield, the Reds’ sporting director may have to start out transferring swiftly.
It seems that Newcastle have moved firmly into pole place for a defender who was dubbed an ‘absolute gem’ by Michael Beale, who beforehand coached him at Chelsea’s academy (Sky Sports activities).
With doubts over the futures of Joe Gomez and Sepp van den Berg, LFC are susceptible to being left wanting centre-back choices, and the Palace maestro would look like a ‘excellent match’ for Arne Slot, as former Everton chief Keith Wyness instructed Soccer Insider.
Comply with Empire of the Kop on Instagram (@empireofthekop) HERE
At 24, he’s in that glad intersection of boasting loads of high-level expertise whereas nonetheless having the majority of his profession forward of him, whereas he wouldn’t make a dent on Liverpool’s non-homegrown quota for home and European squads.
The one issue which may be holding the Reds again from going all-out for him is that, with the belief that Virgil van Dijk will at all times begin if obtainable and Guehi wouldn’t be content material to be a mere squad participant, Jarell Quansah could possibly be relegated to a backup position.
That’d not solely stunt the 21-year-old’s growth but additionally be grossly unfair on him, contemplating how glorious he’s been ever since breaking into the first-team fold.
If that certainly is the rationale why Liverpool haven’t moved in for switch talks and Newcastle have, it could be comprehensible, as long as we don’t come to remorse that inactivity ought to he transfer to St James’ Park and duly thrive.
EOTK Shut-up with John Welsh: ‘a neighborhood lad who lived his dream’ and Slot’s LFC predictions
