Marc Guehi will remain a Crystal Palace player for the time being, but Premier League champions Liverpool his admirers of the middle behind England and has tried two transfer buildings
Liverpool has no plans to return with a third pray of Marc Guehi rejected after seeing two approaches, it was claimed. Crystal Palace plays hardball over their captain, with England star Guehi one of a number of requested Eagles stars.
Palace seem to be determined to hold as many senior figures as possible when they are preparing for a European campaign. Ebere Eze remains a target for Arsenal, while it is known that many clubs are fans of Jean-Philippe Mateta and Liverpool are not the only admirers of Guehi.
Newcastle and Tottenham made efforts last summer to sign the defender, but he stayed in Selhurst Park and helped Palace win the FA Cup. Guehi is in the last year of his contract, but his team did not see that cheaply.
According to Foot Mercato (via Sport Witness), Palace still wants almost £ 48 million for their skipper. None of the two offers from Liverpool have hit that brand, and the Reds would now be ready to look at alternative goals.
The side of Arne Slot still needs bodies in the middle, after he has sold Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen. Ibrahima Konate still has to agree an extension of his current deal, which will expire next summer, while Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez have left for their respective deals for two years.
Palace and Liverpool will cope in the Community Shield of Sunday, after winning the FA Cup and Premier League in previous term respectively. The competition offers Guehi the chance to remind the competition champions of his quality, although he is not expected to make a move away.
The side of Oliver Glasner was over before the game with a double header against Augsburg, winning one meeting and losing the other. Liverpool also had a double header at the start of the month and won both games against Athletic Club in Anfield.
“The boys are in top condition; they clearly know the exercises. That makes it easy,” said Paleisbaas Glasner after the last friendly friendship of his team. “Now it's just a matter of Match-Fit. That's why they needed 90 minutes of practice in their legs.
“We actually planned another friendly match … But now we have a community shield against Liverpool instead! But of course we are happy to take that. You could say that it can be worse!”
Liverpool Boss Slot is impressed by the newcomers of the Reds while trying to make up for the departure of people like Trent Alexander-Arnold. “We have lost a lot of creativity from behind with Trent,” he said after the athletic friendly matches.
“Trent's crossing and choosing runners was so special – I think Flo [Florian Wirtz] Also has this quality in a completely different position. But he brings that creativity, the pace of Hugo [Ekitike]The pace of both full-backs-milos [Kerkez] and Jeremie [Frimpong] Today.”