06 Nov 2025 14:19:14
I’ve just read an article about Marc Guehi and where he will end up. I don’t think it makes sense to sign him in January. In my opinion we need two more CBs and maybe even three in the next 18 months or so. For different reasons it does not seem like Gomez, Konate or VVD will be here too much longer.
The idea of spending £15-20m on Guehi in January does not make sense when the money could go towards another CB. The club may see losing Konate for free in the summer and getting Guehi for free as OK business wise. We may sign another CB in January but I don’t think it will be Guehi.
06 Nov 2025 16:55:05
Bastoni in Jan, Guehi in the summer?
06 Nov 2025 17:17:22
We are probably 1 CB injury from having a mini crisis particularly if Virgil was injured. 15-20m in Jan to shore us up can be made back by a run in the CL.
I don't understand how spending the money on Guehi doesn't make sense but spending on another CB does? I don't know much about Guehi but I do know a good CB in Jan or the summer will cost a lot more than 15-20m. So why not sign Guehi for 20m or so in Jan if he's a good fit? I think your logic is losing Konate for free so Guehi on a free evens things out?
06 Nov 2025 18:00:11
Why would Guehi, who never pushed for a move all summer, be willing to give up a considerable signing on bonus to join us in January? Especially if palace are still in Europe.
I can't see us paying £20m on top of matching his potential signing on bonus for the sake of 5 months. If we sign a CB in January, it will most likely be a young player or experienced cover.
06 Nov 2025 18:17:37
Bastoni would be awesome signing. Not going to happen unfortunately.
06 Nov 2025 19:35:46
RF69 - we cannot control what happens with Konate as his contract is up and it is his decision. We need more than one CB in the next year and if we have money earmarked for it say £50m, then spending £20m on Guehi in January means there will be only £30m left in the summer for the other CB. Alternatively, we have up to £50m in January for another CB and get Guehi for free in the summer.
Very basic and crude figures being used to illustrate the point.
06 Nov 2025 19:56:47
RP mate I would say that not all players are equally motivated by money.
So bring in someone for what 10-15m as a "stop gap" or (risky) prospect and potentially miss out on the later and more lucrative CL stages and maybe finish lower down the league. I'd rather the club pay 15-20m and a bonus of 10-15 to the player they know they want and make another 30m by getting to the CL last 8.
06 Nov 2025 20:03:21
KD, working with your numbers, a run in the CL to the latter stages will make up more than the 20m so we're back to 50. We can let Konate go, Guehi pays for himself and we still have 50m for a new defender! It's win-win my friend ?.
We've been here before and seen our season implode. We don't need a CB in Jan we need the right CB. We've been stuck loaning out CBs that we can't sell and paying their contracts for years.
06 Nov 2025 20:09:07
And for illustrative purposes only, we made 54m in the CL last season. PSG 105m. That's a "free player. "
06 Nov 2025 20:21:48
Why would palace sell guehi in Jan for 15-20m? A good shout of winning conference league, well placed in prem league and could give cups a rattle as well. Makes no sense financially or from a footballing angle for them to sell in Jan now with position they in.
06 Nov 2025 20:40:04
Digger, I would say the conversation is about what's right for the player and for LFC, not CP.
But to your point, the winners of the ECL can make 19m euro for a "flawless run"; I assume that means if you win every game. There are bonuses too so potentially 25m euro.
I would argue Palace would have to go all the way and win it to justify allowing Guehi to leave on a free.
But as you say, there are a lot of footballing reasons for the club to want him to stay.
06 Nov 2025 20:43:46
This all depends on what Palace promised him after blocking his move in the summer. To appease him they might have asked him to give them until January promising him the move.
My guess is he’s already agreed to join us in January and it was agreed as soon as the deal was pulled. That’s just me reading between the lines though I could be wrong.
06 Nov 2025 21:03:35
As I say I don't know much about the player only what I read on here. Seems the club think he's the right fit. Let's see what happens.