Crystal Palace star Marc Guehi was close to joining Liverpool during the summer transfer window but a move to Anfield fell through at the last minute
Isaac Seelochan Senior Sports Journalist
21:55, 22 Nov 2025Updated 21:55, 22 Nov 2025
Marc Guehi continues to impress for Crystal Palace amid transfer links with Liverpool(Image: CameraSport via Getty Images)
Liverpool-linked Marc Guehi has praised his Crystal Palace teammates after Saturday’s 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The centre-back was poised to complete a £35million move to Anfield on deadline day in the summer.
However, Palace put the brakes on a proposed transfer after failing to secure a replacement. Missing out on Guehi at the time was not seen as a blow for Arne Slot’s side, with the England defender seeing his Palace contract expire next summer, meaning the Reds could then sign him for free.
But Liverpool have struggled badly defensively this season, with 20 goals conceded in the Premier League so far. Ibrahima Konate, in particular, has endured a torrid time at centre-back and was brutally substituted by Slot during Saturday’s dismal 3-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.
Konate’s struggles alongside shaky performances from the normally reliable Virgil van Dijk in central defence have come amid solid work at Palace from Guehi. The 25-year-old kept another clean sheet this weekend as Oliver Glasner’s team moved up to fourth in the top-flight.
And the Englishman has chosen to praise the team as a whole after goals from Daniel Munoz and Yeremy Pino secured a comfortable three points at Molineux.
He said: “Well done, team,” in a three-word message alongside several pictures of him in action against Wolves.
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It is unclear whether Liverpool will revisit a move for Guehi in January to arrest their defensive woes. Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Barcelona have also been linked in recent months.
Guehi admitted in October that he does not know where his future lies. Asked on whether he knows the next step in his career, he said: “No, because I like to live in the present and I can’t be thinking about the future at all because there is a lot of work to do, but also my future is in God’s hands.
“Wherever God wants me to go, I will go, but that will be taken care of at the end of the season.”
The former Chelsea youth team player stressed he will not let his contract situation affect him heading into next summer’s World Cup in the United States.
He added: “For me, it doesn’t really matter, to be honest. As long as I’m playing well and helping Palace, there’s definitely an opportunity for me to be here as I am today.
“Whether it’s sorted or not, it’s not really the most important thing to be honest.
“Personally, I don’t know if I can think that far ahead. I like to just take it step by step, and that is just focusing on the games that I have at Palace and any upcoming opportunities I have here.
“When [deadline day] happened, it was all a blur. To be honest, I’m still the same young man trying to find his feet, find his way, trying to improve.
“There’s so many experiences I can take, not just from that, but just the games that I’ve had over the last 12 months or so.”
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