Man City are in pole position to sign Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi as they explore a replacement for John Stones.
That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who believes that Liverpool will now not sign the 25-year-old.
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes it would be a good deal for Man City to sign Guehi.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks that the England international has dealt with his situation at Crystal Palace well.
He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “I think it does make sense for City. This one actually makes more sense than [Antoine] Semenyo to me and I think that that’s where he may well end up.
“I think Liverpool have got themselves in such a bind over the Konate issue, the Marc Guehi thing will unfortunately fade away for them. I thought at the time, you know in the summer he would have been the perfect replacement as we’ve discussed. So I think, yes, I think that he will end up at City and I think that’s where I expect him to be. There is a lot of interest but I think he’s actually shown me that he’s actually thought things through and acted quite sensibly and taken some decent advice. He handled the Palace thing quite well. And so I would expect him to move to City and I think he would be a great replacement, basically for John Stones is what we’re thinking about now.”