{"id":449852,"date":"2025-09-25T07:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449852\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:23:17","slug":"marc-guehi-blames-liverpool-for-transfer-collapse-in-private-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449852\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Guehi blames Liverpool for transfer collapse in private confession"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Marc<\/p>\n

(Credit: Imago, Hasan Karim – Breaking Media)<\/p>\n

\"Wayne <\/p>\n

Thu 25 September 2025 6:51, UK <\/p>\n

Marc Guehi has set his heart on joining Real Madrid next year ahead of Liverpool and his other suitors,\u00a0sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Crystal Palace<\/a> skipper came close to moving to Anfield on deadline day before the transfer collapsed at the eleventh hour.<\/p>\n

Sources with knowledge of the situation say Guehi \u201cprivately\u201d blames Liverpool for failing to secure an agreement at the turn of the month.<\/p>\n

Guehi\u2019s camp felt the Premier League<\/a> champions delayed their move and then spent too long haggling over the fee and the terms of the deal.<\/p>\n

Liverpool are no longer in pole position to sign the centre-back ahead of his Palace contract expiring next June.<\/p>\n

The England international will have the final say on his next destination and will have the cream of Europe\u2019s elite to choose from.<\/p>\n

Real are keen on the 25-year-old, while Football Insider<\/strong> revealed on 22 September that Bayern Munich and Barcelona have also expressed an interest in signing Guehi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n

Liverpool are steering clear of a mid-season deal, which means a move to a European giant at the turn of the year is now a concrete possibility.<\/p>\n

It comes at a time when Arne Slot has just learned that summer signing Giovanni Leoni is set to miss the rest of the season<\/a> with an ACL knee injury.<\/p>\n

That leaves the Liverpool boss with just three senior centre-backs in Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez, who started for Liverpool alongside Leoni in Tuesday\u2019s Carabao Cup win over Southampton.<\/p>\n

\"MarcCredit: ImagoReal Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich make moves to sign Guehi<\/p>\n

The fact that Guehi has blamed Liverpool<\/a> for the collapse of his summer move opens the door for other elite clubs to sign him in the January transfer window. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, European giants Real Madrid are interested in Guehi<\/a>, as well as Barcelona and Bayern Munich, in a worrying development for Slot\u2019s men.<\/p>\n

\"ArneCredit: Imago<\/p>\n

The former Chelsea man has enjoyed a strong start to the new season with Palace, notching a goal in their 3-0 win over Aston Villa last month.<\/p>\n

Liverpool hit by devastating Giovanni Leoni update<\/p>\n

While Guehi has his heart set on joining Madrid, Liverpool have been handed another blow in the centre-back department by Leoni\u2019s season-ending ACL injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nGiovanni Leoni stats<\/td>\nAll competitions 2025\/26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAssists<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Leoni is out for the rest of the season<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old impressed on his debut in the 2-1 win over Southampton in the Carabao Cup, but had to be replaced by fellow signing Milos Kerkez in the 81st minute.<\/p>\n

Leoni\u2019s setback will leave Slot more reliant on Gomez, who has also encountered fitness issues, having made just nine Premier League appearances last term.<\/p>\n

Slot needs as much strength in depth as possible, with Liverpool vying to retain their top-flight title while also progressing in the Champions League<\/a>, Carabao Cup, and the FA Cup.<\/p>\n

In their next Premier League game, on Saturday, 27 September, the Reds face Palace for the first time since Guehi\u2019s move to Anfield fell through.<\/p>\n

Slot\u2019s side then face Galatasaray in their first away trip of the Champions League campaign, before their top-flight season hands them back-to-back fixtures with rivals Chelsea and Manchester United.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago, Hasan Karim – Breaking Media) Thu 25 September 2025 6:51, UK Marc Guehi has set his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[1925,94,179,2697,544,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-449852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-crystal-palace","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-liverpool","11":"tag-marc-guehi","12":"tag-real-madrid","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115263740875955296","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449852","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=449852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}