{"id":378217,"date":"2026-01-19T09:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378217\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:19:11","slug":"why-liverpool-lost-out-on-marc-guehi-to-man-city-not-as-attractive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378217\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Liverpool lost out on Marc Guehi to Man City, &#8216;not as attractive&#8230;&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s January window has not gone as fans might have hoped, with the low point being Marc Guehi\u2019s decision to join Manchester City. <\/p>\n<p>After failing to get it done last summer, it was expected that the deal with Crystal Palace would just be postponed. <\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/01\/16\/fabrizio-romano-shares-the-fee-man-city-are-paying-to-sign-liverpool-target-marc-guehi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man City swooped in for Guehi<\/a>, and now it\u2019s back to the drawing board for the Reds as they plan their summer defensive rebuild. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> will be furious that they let this one slip through their fingers. As for why it happened\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2244308340-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Federico Chiesa and Marc Guehi\" class=\"wp-image-280133\" \/>Photo by Dan Istitene\/Getty ImagesPaul Joyce says Liverpool appeal has dropped from the summer<\/p>\n<p>From what we know, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/01\/10\/liverpool-have-already-been-given-subtle-hope-that-marc-guehi-will-stick-to-his-word-and-join-them\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool and Guehi had an understanding<\/a> that they would be his next club. <\/p>\n<p>But football is a fast-moving sport, and the state of play has changed. Man City are second behind Arsenal with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> title still in reach. <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, on the other hand, are looking far less competitive. <\/p>\n<p>Paul Joyce is running with that theory, as he writes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/liverpool-arne-slot-transition-burnley-premier-league-mgl7qfhzv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Times<\/a>: \u201cIt is clear Liverpool hoped Guehi would recognise the efforts they had made to sign him before Palace co-owner and chairman Steve Parish pulled the plug on a deal on deadline day and, in turn, waited for them until the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flipside of that is that Liverpool are not as attractive a proposition now as they were then for any player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The finances of the situation also played a part. <\/p>\n<p>He continues: \u201cCity\u2019s reputed wage offer of \u00a3300,000 a week, in addition to paying an initial \u00a320million fee, was a deal Liverpool were unwilling to match financially. They had no intention of bidding this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> BE HONEST: Which Premier League teams are more attractive transfer destinations than Liverpool? <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool stock is low right now \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RTK-6-1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Marc Guehi playing for Crystal Palace\" class=\"wp-image-280138\" \/>Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>We knew Liverpool weren\u2019t going to make any big offer for the former Palace captain during this window, but Guehi\u2019s decision to jump the gun is indicative of a player changing his mind about a project. <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have plenty of time to find the perfect centre-back <\/p>\n<p>Now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/marc-guehi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guehi<\/a> is off the table, the next order of business is to find a suitable alternative, or two. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/01\/09\/tremendous-defender-now-fed-up-at-his-current-club-would-be-perfect-for-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micky van de Ven to Liverpool<\/a> is a rumour that is picking up steam, but options further afield like Alessandro Bastoni and Nico Schlotterbeck should also be considered \u2014 all elite players who won\u2019t come cheap. <\/p>\n<p> Who should be Liverpool\u2019s top centre-back target after missing out on Marc Guehi? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RTK-30-1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Micky van de Ven pictured during Tottenham Hotspurs' Premier League match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park (Credit: Getty Images\/Sebastian Frej).&#10;Alessandro Bastoni warms up ahead of the Serie A match between Inter Milan and Torino at San Siro Stadium (Credit: Getty Images\/Marco Luzzani).\" class=\"wp-image-279851\" \/>Photo Credit: Getty Images\/Sebastian Frej\/Marco Luzzani     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Getting Guehi for free in the summer would have been a real coup, but it now has to be accepted that a large fee must be coughed up in order to secure the future of the centre-back position at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/club\/anfield-stadium-information\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anfield<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s January window has not gone as fans might have hoped, with the low point being Marc Guehi\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,4556,143823,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-378217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-marc-guehi","10":"tag-paul-joyce","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}