Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi lifted silverware for the second time in 4 months on Sunday, because the Eagles added the Group Defend to their FA Cup success.
But lifting the Group Defend after Palace’s penalty shoot-out conquer Liverpool might be one in all his remaining acts within the membership’s shirt, with the defender focused by their crushed opponents.
Each day Mail Sport reported on Tuesday that the Premier League champions had made direct contact with Palace over Guehi.
The Reds are additionally focusing on 18-year-old Parma defender Giovanni Leoni, with the membership keen so as to add a minimum of one centre again this window.
Each day Mail Sport reported in June how Guehi was of curiosity however the golf equipment have been too far aside of their valuations.
Palace had needed £45million for the England worldwide, however with a yr left on his contract a deal may probably be struck for £35m.
Liverpool are in talks with Crystal Palace over the doable signing of their captain Marc Guehi
Guehi would add a lot wanted depth behind Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate
Guehi led Palace to the Group Defend over Liverpool however may be part of the reigning champions
Guehi would probably show a shrewd addition by offering added competitors and a doable succession plan for Van Dijk, with the Liverpool captain now 34.
At 25, Guehi would show a long-term resolution for the Reds, with the centre again additionally offering added management having captained the Eagles final season.
With Liverpool seeking to problem throughout 4 fronts this season, availability can be a serious consideration.
Guehi began 44 matches for Crystal Palace final season, together with main the Eagles out in all of their ties on path to FA Cup glory.
The centre again was dominated out of 4 Premier League matches final season, lacking the ultimate two matches with an eye fixed damage that compelled him off within the FA Cup remaining. He was additionally suspended on two events, with one a results of accumulating yellow playing cards and the opposite following a late sending off towards Brighton in April.
His document compares favourably to Liverpool’s present back-up choice Joe Gomez, with the defender having missed months of final season with a hamstring damage. Gomez has already suffered a minor Achilles damage which has seen him miss a lot of Liverpool’s pre-season.
Statistics compiled by SofaScore can even shed additional mild on Guehi’s defensive talents.
The centre again averaged 4.45 clearances and 0.86 interceptions per match final season. The figures are decrease than the 4.61 and 1.37 achieved by Van Dijk, however greater than Ibrahima Konate’s figures of three.98 and 0.64 respectively.
Guehi began 44 matches for Crystal Palace final season and served because the Eagles captain
Joe Gomez’s ongoing damage issues have elevated the necessity for extra defensive cowl
Guehi made extra tackles than each of Liverpool’s first alternative centre backs final season, averaging 1.70 per match, whereas Van Dijk and Konate have been compelled to make 0.94 and 1.07 respectively. His proportion of duels gained was decrease than the Liverpool duo at 59.7, down on their 67.8 and 65.2.
His numbers are more likely to be impacted by Crystal Palace being compelled to defend greater than the champions final season, resulting in an elevated variety of tackles and duels for Guehi to win.
Nevertheless, the Eagles conceded simply 10 extra league objectives (51) than Liverpool final season, regardless of ending twelfth, with Guehi on the coronary heart of their backline.
Guehi would probably spend extra time in possession ought to he transfer to Anfield and he has demonstrated his capability on the ball at Palace.
Final season, Guehi has a passing accuracy of 84.7 per cent with the defender making 1,978 passes throughout the Premier League season.
Van Dijk and Konate made 3,500 and a pair of,122 respectively, boasting an accuracy of 91.7 and 90.5 per cent.
Guehi’s model seems extra just like Van Dijk, with the England worldwide having tried 149 lengthy passes with 45.6 per cent reaching the goal. Van Dijk struck 214 at a 56.2 per cent accuracy.
Konate seems extra conservative with solely 67 lengthy passes tried, with a decrease accuracy of 43.8.
Guehi contributed for Palace with three objectives and two assists, in addition to his defensive work
Arne Slot and Liverpool have been out there so as to add defensive cowl for the brand new season
The defenders every contributed successfully in assault as properly final season with Guehi scoring three objectives and offering two assists. Van Dijk’s purpose contributions are greater with six – 5 objectives and one help – whereas Konate was concerned in 4 – two objectives and two assists.
Whereas Guehi is in Van Dijk’s shadow in comparison through their statistics, there’s promise that the defender may make an extra leap if he makes the transfer to Anfield and probably emerge because the Dutchman’s successor on the again.
Any deal for Guehi can be separate to a transfer for Parma’s Leoni, with the 18-year-old reflective of Liverpool’s need to recruit a younger defender for the long-term.
Liverpool have watched the Italian under-19 worldwide extensively and have been impressed in his 17 appearances in Serie A.
{The teenager} has additionally acquired the seal of approval from the nice AC Milan boss Arrigo Sacchi, who he has claimed may develop into the way forward for the Italian nationwide staff.
‘I am satisfied he’ll be the lynchpin of the Azzurri defence for a very long time,’ Sacchi wrote in Gazzetta Dello Sport.
‘Some, concerning a doable switch to Liverpool, object that this younger man has solely made 17 Serie A appearances thus far. Aren’t these few? No, I reply. Not few, as a result of on these events Leoni has demonstrated the qualities wanted to go far.
‘If somebody is sweet, if somebody has their head in the best place, it is instantly apparent.
Liverpool are additionally chasing Parma’s £35m-rated teenage defender Giovanni Leoni this summer season
‘An individual can have 200 Serie A video games beneath their belts and nonetheless not possess the qualities Leoni displayed in his first season as an grownup. Expertise is aware of no age.’
Leoni would is predicted to set Liverpool again round £35m, the identical value the Reds would probably should pay for Guehi.
The offers would proceed a serious spending spree from the Reds, with their additions in assault and pursuit of Alexander Isak having taken a lot of the consideration.
Ought to they seal the signings of Guehi and Leoni, Arne Slot’s facet may added the defensive foundations for a number of years.
