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Liverpool are leading the way to sign Marc Guehi and Man City might just be about to do them a favour.
There is an obvious measurement by which the teams who challenge for trophies should conduct their recruitment.
Man City transfer could free up Guehi for Liverpool
Liverpool already have space for Guehi after trying to sign him in the summer and with Ibrahima Konate seemingly unwilling to put pen to paper on a new contract at Anfield. City will also have space soon with John Stones in a similar position to Konate and Sky Sports’ Sacha Tovolieri reporting that Pep Guardiola is willing to let a treble winning regular leave the City as early as the January transfer window.
Having only featured in five Premier League fixtures so far this season, Nathan Ake has been deemed surplus to requirements and has been made available for £30m. According to Tovolieri: “At Manchester City, Nathan Aké could well be the first piece to leave Pep Guardiola's puzzle this winter. Inter Milan, Juventus, and Crystal Palace have already positioned themselves to sign the Dutch defender in January.
“Having been used sparingly this season, Nathan Aké is no longer fully in Guardiola's plans, which explains why Man City would only be willing to negotiate in the event of a straight transfer in the region of 35 million euros.”
City give Liverpool green light to target Marc Guehi
On one hand, City are doing the right thing by letting Ake leave if he isn’t part of Guardiola’s plans and there isn’t going to be a new contract offered for the versatile defender. What they might want to consider is whether or not they want to sell the Netherlands international to Crystal Palace given that if they can bring in a replacement for Guehi, that they would be more inclined to let him leave in January with Liverpool leading the chase for his signature.
Given that Guehi agreed terms with Liverpool in the summer and has always been reported as being keen to move to Anfield, the 25-year old would be unlikely to perform an about turn now, especially with competition for places being fiercer at City than they are at Liverpool with Konate being culpable on several occasions already this season. At City, Guehi might be suspicious at being the man to replace a player who has barely featured this season. What is certain is, if a team waits until the last day of the season to make a bid for him this time, they will almost certainly miss out.
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