Man City has planned and ready to spend strongly to own center -back Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. At this time, Marc Guhi is also in the sights of Liverpool.
Liverpool is still pursuing striker Alexander Isak of Newcastle United, but center -back Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace) is considered the most important goal of The Kop in the late transfer period. The reason comes from the lack of safety of Liverpool when he conceded 4 goals after the first 2 matches in the Premier League 2025/26.
Therefore, coach Arne Slot, although he likes Isak, put on the “balance table” of the need at this time, Guehi is the urgent piece that Liverpool needs to supplement. The situation of Liverpool is like that, but they have not made the latest move to handle the Guhi deal. Highly likely, Liverpool will have to “pity” if they still hesitate.
According to the Daily Star, Man City is looking to break this plan. The Man City defense shows a lot of problems after the loss against Tottenham in the last round. Therefore, Pep Guardiola cannot sit still.
Last season, City conceded 44 goals in the Premier League – their worst figures since the 2009/10 season, the last campaign they did not win tickets to the Champions League. The loose defense made Man City finish in third place in the Premier League rankings, and that is also an important cause of their defeat in the Champions League. Man City spent 63 million pounds for two central defenders Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis in the winter transfer window 2025 but both deals were not as effective as expected.
Having Guehi, Man City will increase the safety and strength for the defense to compete for the Premier League championship or go deep in this Champions League. His contract in Palace is still valid until 2026. Therefore, Man City will make efforts to give the “best” number so that the partner cannot refuse because if the negotiation situation does not progress, Palace is likely to lose Guehi in the next summer.
Regarding Man City, this club is more likely to shake his head at Palace's “duckweed” proposal when he asked to buy Manuel Akanji. The FA Cup championship team has just offered to pay £ 15 million to Akanji but it is difficult to succeed.
Akanji has won two Premier League championships for 3 years with the giant Manchester, he is considered a replacement for Guehi – who is being targeted by Liverpool, Tottenham, Barcelona and Man City.
With Akanji, England and Ilkay Gundogan were eliminated by Pep Guardiola from the squad in the 0-2 defeat of the Green Man against Tottenham at Etihad. However, Man City will not sell Akanji for Palace. They may use Akanji with a sum of money to convince Palace to exchange Guehi.