Yan Diomande has openly revealed that he wants to play for Liverpool, while a reliable journalist has claimed that Marc Guehi would prefer to move to Anfield to switch to Manchester City from Crystal Palace, as sources disclose to TEAMtalk the names of four managers Fenway Sports Group (FSG) have on their radar as a potential replacement for Arne Slot.<\/p>\n
Liverpool<\/a> may not be in the race for the Premier League title this season, but the Reds remain a big attraction for top players. Under manager Arne Slot last season, Liverpool won the Premier League, and who knows, as unlikely as it may seem now, they could end up clinching the Champions League in the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n Yan Diomande wants \u2018to play for Liverpool\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n It is common for young players around the world to have the ambition to play for Liverpool, and one such budding star is Yan Diomande.<\/p>\n The RB Leipzig winger is just 19 years of age and has already established himself among the best young players in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n Our transfer insider, Graeme Bailey, reported on January 8 that Liverpool are among the clubs that are keen on Diomande<\/a> and have been scouting him this season.<\/p>\n Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have also taken a shine to the Ivory Coast international winger.<\/p>\n Diomande has now publicly revealed that he wants to play for Liverpool.<\/p>\n The winger said in French during a live stream on Instagram, as relayed by DaveOCOP on X<\/a>: \u201cI want to play at Anfield, I want to play for Liverpool.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a big Liverpool fan. My father\u2019s dream is to see me play for Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk\u00a0as a preferred source on Google\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n Marc Guehi \u2018prefers\u2019 Liverpool to Manchester City<\/strong><\/p>\n While Diomande has publicly revealed his desire to play for Liverpool, Marc Guehi<\/a> has been less forthcoming in his plans for the future.<\/p>\n Sources have told our transfer insider, Dean Jones, that Manchester City are planning a bid of \u00a335million (\u20ac40.3m, $47.1m) for Guehi<\/a>, who is out of contract at Crystal Palace at the end of the season.<\/p>\n Liverpool tried to sign Guehi on the final day of the 2025 summer transfer window, and although they failed, we understand that the Reds are keen on a 2026 deal for the England international.<\/p>\n The Athletic\u2019s Manchester City correspondent, Sam Lee, has revealed that a source has told him that Guehi \u2018prefers\u2019 Liverpool to Man City.<\/p>\n Lee said on the\u00a0Let Me Talk podcast<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday: \u201cOn Monday night, I was told by somebody who knows what\u2019s going on at City, but also I think probably Palace as well, he said he thinks Guehi wants to stay until the summer and he prefers Liverpool in any case.<\/p>\n \u201cSomebody else messaged me on Twitter, and I know he\u2019s very good on other club stuff, he was like, \u2018Yeah, he wants to stay until the summer and he prefers Liverpool and Arsenal\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cI was like, \u2018Well I haven\u2019t heard Arsenal,\u2019 but that kind of tallies what I\u2019d been told the night before.<\/p>\n \u201cBut obviously Glasner then did his press conference, and he actually specifically said about City, and did he not say they wanted to sign a centre-back from City, which is obviously Ake, but they\u2019re obviously not going to sell Ake now anyway. There\u2019s no way.\u201d<\/p>\n Just because Guehi prefers Liverpool does not mean that Man City are not going to be able to sign the Palace star this month.<\/p>\n Our transfer insider, Dean Jones, said on our latest\u00a0Facebook live broadcast<\/a> on Friday: \u201cMarc Guehi would make a lot of money by moving as a free agent at the end of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, that\u2019s not the be-all and end all for him. It\u2019s also about making sure he ends up at the best club he could possibly end up at.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the chances of doing that are obviously better when you\u2019re a free agent, so that\u2019s when you start to get Bayern Munich and Barcelona and Real Madrid coming to the table.<\/p>\n \u201cFor now, he\u2019s got the possibility of joining Manchester City because of the injuries that they\u2019ve suffered recently. There\u2019s a chance that he can go there.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, Man City obviously were very smart around Antoine Semenyo. They managed to get him in a deal that\u2019s slightly outside of the release clause by allowing him to stay at Bournemouth for extra games, so they\u2019ve been able to repackage the deal that suited them in a better way.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Marc Guehi, from what I understand, they might have to get smart here and help him make up the money that he would get as a free agent.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause joining Man City\u2019s no bad thing, even in comparison to Real Madrid and Barcelona.<\/p>\n \u201cYou join Man City this season, you could try and win the league. You could go into the World Cup as a Premier League winner rather than just as a Crystal Palace player whose future\u2019s up in the air.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, if City can find a way of satisfying his personal needs on a sporting level and also on an ambition level, then I think they might be able to make a breakthrough.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the inside story first by joining our\u00a0TEAMtalk Facebook channel<\/a>\u00a0to receive the latest breaking and exclusive news straight into your Messenger inbox.<\/p>\n Liverpool\u2019s Arne Slot \u2018contingency plans\u2019<\/p>\n Liverpool do not have any immediate plans to sack Arne Slot<\/a> as the manager, but FSG are considering options should they have to get rid of the Dutchman.<\/p>\n