{"id":552964,"date":"2025-11-06T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/552964\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:30:18","slug":"liverpool-given-word-as-real-madrid-deny-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/552964\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool ‘Given Word’ as Real Madrid Deny Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc Guehi remains a target for Liverpool and sources at Real Madrid<\/a> even believe the Crystal Palace<\/a> defender has \u201cgiven his word\u201d to join, as they deny their own interest.<\/b><\/p>\n

While it is unlikely Liverpool will pursue a move for Guehi in the January window \u2013 nor are Palace expected to consider a sale \u2013 the obvious solution is a free transfer to Anfield when his contract expires in the summer.<\/p>\n

But the 25-year-old\u2019s availability as a free agent has attracted interest from elsewhere, not least clubs outside the Premier League<\/a> who can agree a pre-contract deal from January 1.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid<\/a> have been strongly linked but, according to the Mail<\/a>\u2018s Lewis Steele, the Spanish side have downplayed speculation over a move.<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

Sources in Madrid instead believe Guehi has \u201cgiven his word\u201d to Liverpool, which certainly aligns with the events of deadline day.<\/p>\n

The England international was undergoing a medical at the Reds\u2019 London base after a late agreement was struck with Palace worth \u00a335 million, only for their co-owner Steve Parish to pull the plug at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Guehi had already agreed personal terms with Liverpool and was clearly more than willing to join Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s ranks in a deal that would have also included a 10 percent sell-on clause.<\/p>\n

Guehi move not likely to be tied to Konate\u2019s future<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Noise around the player himself indicates he is not only calm about the situation but also unlikely to made any shock decisions over his future.<\/p>\n

That would suggest he could maintain his commitment to the Premier League<\/a> champions and join for free effective July 1 \u2013 which, as it stands, would also be the date Ibrahima Konate<\/a> departs.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, Steele reiterates that there has been no development regarding Real Madrid<\/a>\u2018s interest in Konate, with talks ongoing with Liverpool.<\/p>\n

It was claimed earlier this week that a new offer had been made to the No. 5 and the hope will be that he will put pen to paper on a long-term extension as he remains a key player for Slot.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Guehi would have been a hugely important addition to Slot\u2019s squad over the summer, with the failure to sign the Palace captain clearly impacting Liverpool\u2019s squad balance.<\/p>\n

With Giovanni Leoni<\/a> sidelined for the remainder of the campaign that has only become clearer.<\/p>\n

Liverpool would have allowed Joe Gomez<\/a> to leave the club had they succeeded in bringing Guehi in over the summer, with AC Milan<\/a>, Brighton<\/a> and Palace themselves interested.<\/p>\n

Gomez\u2019s own contract runs out in 2027 and the likelihood is that he will move on at the end of this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc Guehi remains a target for Liverpool and sources at Real Madrid even believe the Crystal Palace defender…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2697,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-552964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-marc-guehi","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115503001376297736","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552964","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=552964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}