{"id":344013,"date":"2025-08-14T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344013\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:59:11","slug":"marc-guehi-wants-to-join-liverpool-as-transfer-talks-continue-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344013\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Guehi wants to join Liverpool as transfer talks continue &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Marc Guehi has reportedly made it aware to <a data-ail=\"325612\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/crystal-palace\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Palace<\/a> that he wants to join Liverpool this summer, with talks ongoing between the two clubs.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"325612\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/arne-slot\/\" title=\"Arne Slot\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> would not be drawn on speculation over a move for Palace captain Guehi on Thursday, reminding reporters that \u201c<a data-mil=\"325612\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/08\/arne-slot-responds-on-giovanni-leoni-deal-and-marc-guehi-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he\u2019s not our player<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But behind the scenes there are negotiations taking place for a deal which would make the 25-year-old Liverpool\u2019s 10th signing of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Progress has not been as swift as with Parma\u2019s <a data-ail=\"325612\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/giovanni-leoni\/\" title=\"Giovanni Leoni \" rel=\"noopener\">Giovanni Leoni<\/a>, who is undergoing a medical on Thursday, but both parties are confident an agreement will be reached.<\/p>\n<p>That is according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14999685\/Giovanni-Leoni-Liverpool-transfers-Italy-Confidential.html?ico=authors_pagination_desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Mail<\/a>\u2018s Lewis Steele, who reports this despite Liverpool\u2019s proposed offer of \u00a330 million plus \u00a35 million in add-ons falling short of Palace\u2019s valuation.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/P2025-08-10-Community_Shield-79-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - Sunday, August 10, 2025: Crystal Palace's captain Marc Gu\u00e9hi during the FA Community Shield match between Crystal Palace FC and Liverpool FC at Wembley Stadium. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-325361\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>While it has been suggested that Guehi is more likely to stay at Selhurt Park for the season at this stage, chairman Steve Parish has admitted a sale is necessary to avoid him leaving on a free transfer next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/giovanni-leoni-liverpool-parma-transfer-2sn27c9wd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Times<\/a>\u2018 Paul Joyce reports that Palace are already aware that their No. 6 is eager to join the <a data-ail=\"325612\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/premier-league\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> champions.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool could of course wait a year and bring Guehi in without paying a transfer fee, but their desire for another experienced centre-back and Palace\u2019s need to generate funds makes that appear an unrealistic conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Instead the chances are that, with the player himself wanting to join, Liverpool will eventually strike a deal with their Community Shield opponents.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Palace are said to be seeking a fee of around \u00a340 million, inflated by the sell-on clause held by Guehi\u2019s former club <a data-ail=\"325612\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/chelsea\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a>, and it seems feasible that Liverpool could meet them in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>Any delay is likely to be caused by talks over the structure of any payments, not least the inclusion of performance-based add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>But Palace may seek to guarantee as much of the package as possible up front in order to reinvest this summer, having only spent a combined \u00a32 million so far on goalkeeper Walter Benitez and left-back Borna Sosa.<\/p>\n<p>Steele credits Palace with an interest in Liverpool midfielder <a data-ail=\"325612\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/harvey-elliott\/\" title=\"Harvey Elliott\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvey Elliott<\/a>, who is valued at around \u00a350 million, with Eberechi Eze another player who could depart before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc Guehi has reportedly made it aware to Crystal Palace that he wants to join Liverpool this summer,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-344013","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-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115027480747459828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344013","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=344013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}