Liverpool have reportedly submitted a bid around the £25m mark for Marc Guehi ahead of the January transfer window, according to one reputable X (formerly Twitter) account.
The England international’s current terms are set to expire in the summer of 2026.
The Merseysiders are likewise understood to be exploring an additional move for Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo.
Could Marc Guehi move to Anfield in January?
One source on X now claims that Liverpool’s opening bid sits at ‘around £25m’ and includes add-ons. Crucially for the Reds, this has yet to be accepted or rejected for the potentially ‘world-class’ (in Ezri Konsa’s words) star.
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We understand @LFC have submitted a bid for Marc Guéhi.
𝐖𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 £𝟐𝟓𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐝𝐝-𝐨𝐧𝐬.
The bid has not been accepted or rejected. pic.twitter.com/VLpqjNG28L
— indykaila News (@indykaila) November 25, 2025
This follows the Merseysiders’ having previously agreed a £35m deal for Guehi’s transfer back in the summer window.
As CEO Steve Parish later admitted, however, keeping the Englishman became an objectively smarter decision than selling up in light of Palace’s impending involvement in the Europa Conference League.
“If we were fighting between the difference of 10th and 14th, if that was going to be the difference between keeping Marc and letting Marc go, then probably we would have said, ‘Right, we should take the money’,” the 60-year-old spoke on talkSPORT.
“With the Conference League, with the way that we want to fight this season, maybe finishing the top half of the league for the first time, we felt it was a good decision to keep Marc.”
The picture technically hasn’t changed. If anything, the Eagles will surely be even more incentivised to hold on to Marc Guehi in light of the fact that the club sits a point outside the Champions League spots in fifth.
Selling their statistically most important player – the 25-year-old has an average score of 7.46/10 in the top-flight this season – will only harm Crystal Palace’s chances of a record league (Premier League era) finish.
| Marc Guehi stats | Percentile (rounded up) |
| 7.46/10 rating | |
| 0.07 xA (expected assists) | 92nd percentile |
| 0.64 chances created | 95th percentile |
| 66.3% duels won | 81st percentile |
| 66.7% aerial duels won | 68th percentile |
* Marc Guehi’s Premier League stats per 90 at Crystal Palace in the 2025/26 season (Fotmob)
Could Bayern or Real Madrid beat Liverpool to this transfer?
Recent reporting indicates that Europe’s elite are increasingly accepting that the centre-half is destined for an Anfield switch.
Christian Falk, reporting with CF Bayern Insider, confirmed that Bayern Munich have not completely given up hope of a deal for Guehi.
However, like Real Madrid, they believe the current direction of travel indicates the Palace star will be a Liverpool player either in January or the summer transfer window.
Does Guehi fix Liverpool’s defensive problems?
It won’t have escaped fans’ notice that the Three Lions star is hardly the most dominant in the air.
That’s worrying, given Liverpool are currently struggling to deal with long balls and set pieces. So, inserting a 6-foot-tall centre-back (Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are both 6′ 4″) doesn’t directly address that issue.
That said, he’s more than reliable on the ball and has proven to be considerably less flappable than our French international this season.
Liverpool could do with a defender who doesn’t immediately crumble under the pressure when it’s all going against them.
But the point remains that Arne Slot still has a tactical problem to fix to get the best out of this struggling Liverpool side.
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Konate needs to buck up if he wants to stay. Else if he is looking for a free transfer away, then I believe Hughes will sell him in Jan.
Palace stated in the summer that with 6 months left on Guehi’s contract, the transfer fee would be around that (£25m) mark.
Unless there’s some personal issues over him wanting to see out his Palace contract, it now appears logical for him to come to Anfield.
He gets a pop at (fingers crossed) UCL football and due to Ibou’s league form, probably a selection alongside Virgil in the EPL.
It’ll be positive for his England World Cup fitness and selection, but as previously stated, I’ll believe it once he’s signed.
Ibou can do the same with his contract with LFC.
He CAN go in January, but he’ll be cup-tied for the UCL.
The personal advantage if he sees out his LFC contract, of course, is it gives him and his agent a bargaining chip for higher wages due to the fact his new club will have saved money with a freebie.
That’s the one really solid point in favour of the transfer – the argument was he wouldn’t start for Liverpool (with a Konate playing with his head screwed on properly). But that argument’s dead and buried. God knows why Madrid would want to go anywhere near him on current form though!
It’s not helping that he has absolutely no competition for his place either – he can’t be held accountable for his performances.
Morning Farrell.
Whether it’ll ever come out as to why the shocking dip in Ibou’s form has occurred (though he’s shown in the past there’s a partial lack of symmetry with Virgil). the lack of competition especially from Joe Gomez (injury permitting) has been a disappointment.
I’m happy RM have removed (for now ?) their interest. It might help Ibou by taking away a distraction and recognise what side his bread is buttered.
I’d love him to get back to his old self because he can still be the future.
Leoni due to his age and unfortunate injury is clearly now a longer term investment.
Virgil’s still brilliant, but sadly he ain’t immortal.
Is Marc guehi dominant in the Air? Not really. One signing in January will it improve anything. No. Two centre backs ? No. Konate has taken lots of stick but van dijk hasn’t been much better. The defence is being exposed because of the midfield. At set pieces it’s down to the coaching, if you can’t defend zonaly then change to man marking. We have had this all before under previous management. Rodgers could never solve how to defend from set pieces. We are not being coached correctly without the ball, it was there from the first game against Bournemouth, and not much has improved since then, I would say this, that even under klopp, we didn’t have the right balance in midfield, our season fell apart in klopps last season, remember that Manchester United games at old Trafford. Vulnerable to the counter. Just as we are now. We need midfield players, not just marc guehi.
Still think’s he can do the job with every post.
Hilarious.