Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi is ready to 'delay' his dream move to Liverpool to stay at Selhurst Park for the rest of the season, according to Alan Nixon.
The England international was on the verge of joining the Reds at the end of the summer transfer window before the transfer collapsed, which meant Guehi remained in south London.
Crystal Palace now sit higher in the Premier League table than the Merseyside club, who have endured a torrid start to the season and their title defence.
Guehi Having 'Doubts' Over Liverpool Move
Marc Guehi during a training session with Crystal Palace
According to Nixon on Patreon, Guehi has many options beyond Liverpool if he is to leave Selhurst Park next summer, and that is currently looking like when he is most likely to leave.
Sources close to Guehi have revealed that a switch to Anfield has been the 25-year-old's first choice, but he is having 'doubts' after how the summer saga panned out - the Reds only came in late to buy him and there were more snags behind the scenes.
The centre-back is now prepared to wait and consider his next move, with foreign clubs able to speak to him in January about a pre-contract summer agreement.
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While the lure of Liverpool and playing in the Champions League remains strong, Guehi is happy to wait and weigh up his next switch - especially at a time when Liverpool lie in the bottom half of the Premier League standings.
Several clubs both at home and abroad are keen to snap up the Eagles skipper on a free, meaning Liverpool may not have everything their own way in 2026.
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Liverpool's poor start to the season continued as they were well beaten 3-0 by Sean Dyche's Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday.
The Reds wanted to sign Guehi in the summer because of a lack of depth in the centre-back position, and that issue has been there for all to see in 2025-26.
Virgil van Dijk is getting no younger while Ibrahima Konate - in the final year of his contract on Merseyside and still yet to decide on his future according to GIVEMESPORT senior reporter Fabrizio Romano - looks a shadow of his former self this term.
The Frenchman came under huge scrutiny for an error-ridden performance against Forest and he was one of three Liverpool players who massively let Slot down in a dismal defeat.
Liverpool and Slot look to need some quality and composure in defence right now with Konate's form and future up in the air, and Guehi would bring that in abundance.
Now it's over to Richard Hughes to see whether he can convince the player and Palace for a deal to be struck in January, or whether they wait for the bun fight for his signature on a free next summer.