The latest Liverpool transfer news as the Reds boss has again addressed the situation around the collapsed deadline day move for Marc Guehi.
Marc Guehi warms up prior to the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Sunderland at Selhurst Park.
Marc Guehi has been in action for Crystal Palace this week. (Image: Lewis Storey/Getty Images)
Liverpool boss Arne Slot has opened up about the ‘disappointment’ of not completing a deadline day move for Marc Guehi. The Crystal Palace defender was close to joining the Reds before the Eagles pulled the plug on a deal at the last minute.
The club decided not to sell after failing to bring in a replacement in the final hours of the transfer window. It means that Guehi will stay at Selhurst Park until at least January.
Just days after the failed move, Guehi was in action for England. He started both World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia during the international break.
He has also been back in action for Palace. The defender wore the captain’s armband in the Premier League clash against Dunderland on Saturday afternoon and in Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup clash against Millwall.
Slot has again addressed the situation surrounding Guehi. He has outlined how he believes both the player and Palace would have responded.
“For us it was of course a disappointment, for the player I assume, as well, because he was expecting to come to us,” he told Sky Sports.
“I try to put myself in the player’s shoes, but that can happen with a player from us as well, maybe a player wanted to leave but in the end couldn’t because we couldn’t get a player we wanted, that happens in football many times and the good thing in football is, especially after the international break, everybody comes back, accepts the situation and knows he has to perform well.
“But if a player wants a transfer that he doesn’t get, then you always feel for him. If it’s a player of my team, you talk to him, make sure he gets his energy back and keeps going again, and that is probably what has happened at Palace with Marc Guehi.”
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