Key Highlights
- Wirtz decided Liverpool was the right place for him and he rejected Bayern and City for a move to Merseyside. It represented a massive coup for Liverpool.
- The club never really shop at the 'top table' but here they were signing one of the biggest talents in world football and seeing off major competition for him. City would pivot to Ryan Cherki, hardly a massive downgrade, but it was Liverpool who got the main prize.
- And it seems that may be about to do that again. Marc Guehi prefers Liverpool moveMarc Guehi is one of the most in-demand players around right now as he approaches the end of his contract with Crystal Palace.
- A whole host of elite clubs hope to snap him up, be it with a fee this month or at the deal's end this summer. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt's a strange situation, though, as everyone thought Guehi would be at Liverpool by now.
- The Reds all but had a deal to sign him, only for Palace to pull the plug at the last moment as the summer transfer window drew to a close. Liverpool are still in for him, along with the likes of City and Arsenal, and it sounds as though Pep Guardiola's team are at the bottom of his list right now.“On Monday night I was told by somebody who knows what’s going on at City, but also I think probably Palace as well, he said he thinks Guehi wants to stay until the summer and he prefers Liverpool [to City] in any case,” the Athletic's Sam Lee told the Let Me Talk podcast.“Somebody else messaged me on and I know he’s very good on other club stuff, he was like ‘yeah, he wants to stay until the summer and he prefers Liverpool and Arsenal’.
