With the pre-season for many clubs that have already started and matches not too far, not to mention less than a month before the start of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign, it is essential that the signatures are made over the next two to three weeks.
Although it is true that players can be registered up to three weeks after the launch of the season, so as not to upset the balance of the wardrobe and to have something that looks like a set -up XI, to do transfer business now has its advantages.
Liverpool has worked the transfer market well
A club that has worked very well the market so far this summer is Liverpool.
Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong are the reports, with the captures of Armin Pecsi and Freddie Woodman who passes somewhat under the radar.
Trent Alexander-Arnold went to Real Madrid and it is understood that Luis Diaz also fishes for a distance, so the composition of the XI of Arne Slot could seem clearly different on their winning side of the title last season.
Then, through the door to Anfield, the captain of Crystal Palace and the International of England, Marc Guehi. The reports suggest that the talks began between the respective parties, and there are reasons why an agreement would make sense to the southern Londoners and the Merseysiders.
Jarell Quansah also recently left Anfield’s outfit to join Bayer Leverkusen, when Ibrahima Konate refused Liverpool’s recent offer to extend his contract – which ended in 2026 – until 2030.
To this end, the Reds would almost certainly prefer to get money for him now rather than losing him on a free – as with Alexander -Arnold – next summer.
Konate and Guehi are in the last year of their contracts
The same scenario is at stake with regard to Guehi, and while the president of Palace, Steve Parish, had managed to keep the vultures remotely during the last transfer windows, with only 12 months from the central center agreement, he also really needed to go to Guehi.
So, what would Liverpool be obtained, if they have to win the young woman of 25? To start, the best years of his career if we consider that a player does not reach his peak until he reaches 27 or 28.
With Virgil Van Dijk who chose to play on the left side of the central defense despite being straight, Guehi can slip into the berth on the right side, but he is also able to change his excellence with both feet.
In terms of comparison with the Konate, although the man of Liverpool has a higher tackle success rate (63.4% to 55.9%), it is a bit misleading because Guehi at the same time attempted more plated (68 to 41) and won more (30 to 26).
You could say, of course, that Liverpool was so dominant last season that their back line was comfortable for the most part.
The precision of elite passes underlines the Liverpool game
The two players love the physical side of the game, and in terms of dual duels, Konate attempted 220 in 2024/25, with a success rate of 65.9%, which placed him a solid eighth among his teammates. 106 Ball Recoveries also places it in the upper level.
In a team of Eagles who was fighting for their life at the start last season, Guehi should have really gotten among this. His 313 duels attempted a success rate of 60.1%, while 166 recovery had done so as the third best at the palace in this regard.
Slot’s swashbuckling likes to play as much as possible on the front foot, so the 90.3% konate passage is not a surprise. 1824 The finished passes of 2019 attempt are a scandalously high percentage.
The Oliver Glasner palace was a little more pragmatic, while also looking to attack whenever possible. The completion statistics of 84.8% of Guehi is well behind the French, however, it is also the best performance of a palace player who tried at least 500 passes.
Three goals from the international in England with a precision of 77.8% of shooting is certainly not the worst result for a defender, and compares very favorably to the single objective of Konate and a precision of 25%, preventing Liverpool could have another weapon to use in the sets in the future should sign Guehi.
In terms of discipline, it must be said that the two players like to play directly on the edge, and the use of this style of play inevitably means that the late challenge or two will result. The eight yellow cards of Guehi are two more than his contemporary, and the man of the palace also saw the red on a occasion last season.
Liverpool’s interest is understandable
In both cases, given the physicity of the Premier League, it is quite good for players who like to put themselves at the case of need.
Frankly, it is also easy to understand why Liverpool would follow Guehi, and the probability is that they will not have to pay anywhere near the 70 million pounds sterling that Palace demanded from Newcastle a year ago.
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