The door has been opened for Liverpool target Marc Guehi to leave Crystal Palace in the January transfer window.
The Reds made a £35m offer for Guehi this past summer, which was turned down by the Eagles.
In the end, the centre-back stayed put, and it appeared as though a summer move for the Liverpool target was the most likely option.
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However, Oliver Glasner has now confirmed the centre-back could leave this winter, name-dropping Manchester City in his comments.
He said: “There’s the situation that the contract ends in the summer and if somebody is coming, there will be a moment when the club says: ‘Now the financial issue is more important than the sport issue.’ We have to do it and try to get the best. That’s why I’m always saying: ‘I don’t know.’ Because this is different.
“There will be a threshold where the club has to say [sell] … If the player says: ‘I want to leave’ and the money is above the threshold, it will happen. I’m not so naive not to know that if a massive offer comes from City and Marc wants to do it, it will happen.”
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Marc Guehi pictured at the Emirates Stadium ahead of Crystal Palace's Carabao Cup quarter-final against Arsenal
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What Manchester City can offer Marc Guehi over Liverpool
While it’s not impossible for Liverpool to try and make a move for the Englishman this month, the Sky Blues can currently offer the player something that the Merseyside outfit simply can’t.
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It’s fair to say that the 2025/26 season has not gone to plan for Arne Slot and his men.
They are already 14 points off top spot and are predicted to lose to Arsenal on Thursday evening.
Should that happen, Liverpool will be a staggering 17 points behind first place with just over half the season gone.
Given the manner in which the Reds are playing right now, that gap is simply too big to overturn.
So what are the club fighting for in the league? A top-four finish at best? But that is unlikely to be enough to help sway Guehi if he has to decide between Liverpool and Pep Guardiola’s side.
Man City may not have been at their best so far this term, but they are second and only six points off Arsenal, meaning they can offer the player an immediate role in the title race.
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Marc Guehi pictured smiling during Crystal Palace training (Credit: Getty Images/Warren Little). Ibrahima Konate lines up ahead of Liverpool's Premier League match against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium (Credit: Getty Images/Visionhaus). Giovanni Leoni trains during a session with Liverpool (Credit: Getty Images/Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC). Nico Schlotterbeck gestures to the crowd during Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga match against RB Leipzig at Signal Iduna Park (Credit: Getty Images/Max Ellerbrake - firo sportphoto).
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2025/26 Premier League winner predicted by supercomputer
At present, Opta make Arsenal favourites for the title, while Man City are most likely to finish second.
That could quite easily change with a couple of results, of course, but one thing that does seem certain is Liverpool are out of the running.
Opta give the current champions just 0.07% chance of going back-to-back in 2025/26.
Similarly, their top-four chances are just 52.91%, while Arsenal and Man City’s sit at over 99 and 98% respectively.
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