{"id":381744,"date":"2025-08-29T04:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381744\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:37:18","slug":"crystal-palace-make-moves-for-2-possible-marc-guehi-replacements-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381744\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace make moves for 2 possible Marc Guehi replacements &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>With Liverpool playing a waiting game in their bid to sign Marc Guehi, <a data-ail=\"326424\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/crystal-palace\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Palace<\/a> are making moves for two possible replacements for their captain.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Progress over a deal to bring Guehi to Anfield could come after Palace\u2019s UEFA Conference League qualifier against Fredrikstad FK on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Oliver Glasner made it clear that he needs the 25-year-old for that second leg, but with Palace minded to sell as he has entered the final year of his contract a decision could be made as early as Friday.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Palace are seeking a direct replacement for their No. 6, with <a data-ail=\"326424\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/man-city\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City<\/a>\u2018s Manuel Akanji and Monaco\u2019s Mohammed Salisu both targets.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian\u2018s Ed Aarons reports on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ed_aarons\/status\/1961018855125287355\">X<\/a> that Palace have approached Monaco over a potential loan deal for Salisu, who is also attracting interest from Olympiakos.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2024-09-18-008-Man_City_Inter_Milan-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Wednesday, September 18, 2024: Manchester City's Jack Grealish (L) and Manuel Akanji line-up before the UEFA Champions League match between Manchester City FC and Inter Milan at the City of Manchester Stadium. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-317201\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile there has already been contact over a deal for Akanji, but the London club have been left to wait on the Switzerland international\u2019s decision over any move from <a data-ail=\"326424\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/man-city\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c9394kj4q03o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Sport<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"326424\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/man-city\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City<\/a> are seeking a fee in the region of \u00a315 million for Akanji, who is also wanted by Galatasaray.<\/p>\n<p>Though it remains to be seen if Palace will advance in negotiations for either player, this latest development shows their commitment to replacing Guehi.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting CP\u2019s Ousmane Diomande and Club Brugge\u2019s Joel Ordonez have also been touted with moves to Selhurst Park this summer.<\/p>\n<p>In an update on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15042669\/Liverpool-Arne-Slot-secrets-Rio-Ngumoha-Harvey-Elliott-transfers.html?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Mail<\/a>\u2018s Lewis Steele explained that Liverpool have held more talks with Palace over a deal for Guehi this week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The champions are prepared to pay over \u00a330 million for the defender, who is ready to make the move to Merseyside, though there is no guarantee yet that the transfer will go through this summer.<\/p>\n<p>However both Liverpool and Guehi appear open to revisiting the situation either in January or even next summer \u2013 by which point he will be a free agent \u2013 if required.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands though all signs point towards the England international becoming a Liverpool player before the 7pm deadline on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>But as is the case with the pursuit of <a data-ail=\"326424\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/newcastle\/\" title=\"Newcastle\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a>\u2018s Alexander Isak, the Reds are left waiting for other pieces to fall into place before they can finalise a deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Liverpool playing a waiting game in their bid to sign Marc Guehi, Crystal Palace are making moves&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,763,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-381744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-liverpool-fc","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115110205512674149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381744","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=381744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}