{"id":226582,"date":"2025-06-30T12:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226582\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:20:10","slug":"marc-guehi-makes-firm-decision-on-liverpool-move-after-hearing-richard-hughes-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226582\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Guehi makes firm decision on Liverpool move after hearing Richard Hughes plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liverpool\u2019s pursuit of Marc Guehi has taken some supporters by surprise this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reds are in need of a new centre-back, perhaps even two, after selling Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

However, given his high-profile status and the likely cost of getting him out of Crystal Palace, Guehi<\/a> had not seemed like a realistic option for Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, after reports that Liverpool are closing in on Guehi<\/a> over the weekend, the 24-year-old is clearly a live target for Richard Hughes<\/a> and Arne Slot.<\/p>\n

Further updates have suggested that Liverpool are not willing to pay a big fee for Guehi<\/a>, while there have also been claims that the player himself would not agree to the move without guarantees of playing time.<\/p>\n

Although a verdict on the eventual price of a deal has yet to be delivered, journalist David Lynch says it looks as though Guehi\u2019s worries of being left out of the team at Anfield<\/a> have ended.<\/p>\n

\"CrystalPhoto by Alex Broadway\/Getty ImagesMarc Guehi gives \u2018green light\u2019 to Liverpool move<\/p>\n

Clearly, the worry for Guehi will be that he is arriving into a backline which already has an established first choice centre-back pairing.<\/p>\n

However, there are worries over Ibrahima Konate\u2019s contract situation<\/a>. And according to Lynch, Liverpool appear to have made certain promises to Guehi during initial conversations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an interesting one because all I\u2019m hearing is that he wants guarantees around game time,\u201d the reporter told Anfield Index. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019ve been told over the last couple of days is that he is keen on the move, so I guess he has had those reassurances that he isn\u2019t going to come and sit on the bench. I guess it\u2019s genuine competition and the ability to displace Konate will be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

READ MORE: \u2018Confident\u2019 claim made over Liverpool and Alexander Isak as Newcastle\u2019s true asking price becomes clear<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey must be telling him something that makes him think he\u2019s getting some minutes,\u201d Lynch adds. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe he\u2019s spoken to the manager yet. I think it\u2019s in a position where those talks are at sporting director level at the moment. But they must have a plan or something that\u2019s made him give the green light to say that he wants to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ibrahima Konate\u2019s future more uncertain than ever<\/p>\n

While this will be good news for those fans hoping for Guehi to arrive, it does throw further doubt on the future of Konate.<\/p>\n

That is not to say that the Frenchman would not start over Guehi. Perhaps he would. But in the long-term, Liverpool seemingly think the England international is going to play a great deal.<\/p>\n

Clearly, it is no bad thing to have three top centre-backs, plus Joe Gomez, fighting for two spots. Virgil van Dijk is not getting younger and it may be wise to start managing his minutes at some stage, too. Guehi could allow them to do that.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, should the Palace captain arrive at Anfield this summer, it will feel more likely than ever that Konate is due to depart. <\/p>\n

These two defenders can co-exist in the same squad, but one of them is going to be left disappointed. By the sounds of things, Liverpool don\u2019t think it will be Guehi. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s pursuit of Marc Guehi has taken some supporters by surprise this summer. The Reds are in need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,2697,16727,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-226582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-marc-guehi","13":"tag-richard-hughes","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114772287695874292","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}