No Guehi? No problem for Liverpool as Slot says Gravenberch and Endo 'can play' centre-back in crisis
Liverpool head trainer Arne Connector admits absent out on out on Marc Guehi is a “embarassment” but prompts his centre-ago deepness is alright, keeping in psyche that 2 midfielders “can fiasco around there”.
The Reds had a dream summer season season send abode window, guarding most of their apex targets, investing around £415million after winsome the Premier League.
Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong and also Milos Kerkez were Liverpool’s most uncanny finalizings, while they received notable costs for Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and also Jarell Quansah.
Liverpool were dealt a burden on target date day when they missed out on Crystal Royal abode captain Guehi.
The Premier League champions targeted Guehi for most of the summer season season abode window and also received to a £35m commitment doning Royal abode on target date day, but the bargain dropped via obeying the London nightclub’s power outage to indication a replacement.
Guehi’s arrangement runs out at the end of 2025/26, so the door keeps responsive and also Fabrizio Romano possesses attested that the 25-year-donned is supposed to run away Royal abode as a unshackle rep.
There’s zero irresoluteness that absent out on out on Guehi is a burden to Liverpool, but after landing all of their other apex targets, involving £100m Wirtz and also £135m Isak, it’s scarcely the end of the planet.
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Mirroring on target date day, Liverpool apex canine Connector praised the send junior for finalising the British-document bargain for Isak, and also explained that denying they were “close” to finalizing Guehi would definitely be “crazy”.
“A lot took unit on the final day. I am most jubilant that we obtained the bargain for Alexander Isak over the blather up. Everybody at the nightclub scrubed so tricky to acquire it born out,” Connector said.
“It would definitely be a little crazy to deprive that we were close to finalizing Guehi. That is so out in the responsive. But these points take place.
“It probably took unit to our gamers whereby they were close to finalizing for other bars and also after that points match in the last minute. We would definitely have loved to indication him, of program.
“If we feel we can bolster the junior, we never be loath to implement so and also that is what we attempted to implement.
“It is a embarassment for us and also the player but he is in a diligent unit at Royal abode, whereby he won the FA Cup and also Area Shield. Let’s investigate what the future lugs for him and also us.”
Connector added that there is plenty of centre-ago deepness, keeping in psyche that midfielders Ryan Gravenberch and also Wataru Endo are qualified of dabbling there.
The Dutchman added: “Against Arsenal, Ibou [Konate] and also Virgil [van Dijk] were remarkable and also after that Joe Gomez came in and also was remarkable, also. Giovanni Leoni had his first call-up, Ryan and also Wataru can fiasco around there so it isn’t prefer we don’t have selections there.”
