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Crystal Palace pulled the plug on Marc Guehi’s £35 million transfer to Liverpool.
Arne Slot has discussed Liverpool’s failure to sign Marc Guehi.
The Reds were unable to sign the Crystal Palace captain on summer transfer deadline day. Liverpool had a £35 million bid accepted by the Eagles and Guehi underwent a medical ahead of a move.
However, Palace pulled the plug at the 11th hour. They were set to sign Igor Julio on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion but he instead opted to make the switch to West Ham United.
Slot, speaking ahead of Sunday’s trip to Burnley, admitted that Liverpool were trying to sign Guehi. But he was tight-lipped on whether the Reds will make another approach for the Eagles captain in the January transfer window.
“It would be ridiculous if I was going to deny that we were close to signing him,” said Liverpool head coach Slot. “These things happen in football. It happened to our players maybe in the past that they thought they were so close to signing somewhere else and things changed. For me, we’d have liked to sign him because we were in for him and if we feel we can strengthen the team with a chance in a market, we never hesitate to do so.
“But the day before, we played Arsenal when Ibou and Virgil were outstanding and Joe Gomez came in 20 minutes before the end and was outstanding. We signed Gio Leoni, who had his first international call-up and Ryan and Wata can play there. It’s not like we don’t have options in the position anymore. It’s a pity, not only for us but the player I think, but he’s in a good place playing for Palace where he won the Community Shield and FA Cup with a very good manager.
“Let’s see what the future brings for him and for us. If I’m thinking anything, you know I don’t tell you. The thing I think most about is Burnley, that I can assure you.”
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