**Liverpool interest in Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi and Atalanta star Giorgi Scalvini is not going as planned as the search for Jarell Quansah’s replacement continues.**
The young defender is now a Bayer Leverkusen player and the Reds need to sign a new centre back to replace him.
Their pursuit of Guehi is complicated by the Eagles’ £65m asking price which Liverpool consider to be excessive.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old Scalvini may also be out of reach financially.
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According to Football Insider and former scout Mick Brown, Liverpool would like to include young Ben Doak in a deal for Guehi.
Palace, for their part, may not value Doak as highly as Liverpool do which will likely be the reason a deal doesn’t happen in this way.
Brown tells [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/crystal-palace-respond-to-liverpools-30m-plus-player-exchange-offer/): “_I’m sure a swap is something Liverpool would like to do._
_“They want to sign Guehi and Palace are interested in Doak, so on the face of it, it might make sense for the two players to switch clubs._
_“It won’t be as easy as that, though, because the value isn’t there for Palace._
_“Liverpool want £30million if they’re going to sell Doak, so they could say to Palace ‘we’ll give you £30million plus Doak’ and value that as a £60million deal._
_“But from a Palace point of view, if they don’t think he’s worth £30million, the deal doesn’t make sense._
_“Palace don’t want to come out of that deal on the losing side._
_“They would rather take £50million up front because then it’s money in the bank._
_“They can go out and sign somebody like Doak or another attacking target with that money._
_“I think they’ve got the stronger hand because ultimately it’s Liverpool who want Guehi, so Palace can demand whatever they want for him.”_
Meanwhile, Liverpool are equally unlikely to meet the demands of Atalanta for their centre-back Scalvini.
“I think Scalvini may already be too expensive for Liverpool,” Grame. “If we’re not talking about Konate’s replacement, if we’re talking about a young player, I think he’s probably a bit too much already potentially. I think you’re talking £40-50m.
“Also with the injury record he’s got in the past 12 months, he’s a brilliant player, he certainly ticks all the boxes, but I’m not 100 per cent that Liverpool take him right now.”