3 Centre-Backs Linked With Liverpool; Guehi Teammate Tracked

Liverpool are in want of defensive reinforcements with solely two match senior centre-backs, and three gamers have been name-checked, together with Marc Guehi’s teammate.

For all of Liverpool’s spending in the summertime, they’re in want of a brand new addition at centre-back and arguably depth within the ahead line in January.

Antoine Semenyo is nearing a transfer to Man Metropolis, however the Mail‘s Lewis Steele claims Liverpool “could also be able to pounce to hijack any deal,” although that has been dismissed elsewhere.

On the different finish of the pitch, although, Steele notably hyperlinks Crystal Palace‘s Maxence Lacroix, Membership Brugge’s Joel Ordonez, and Brentford‘s Nathan Collins to Liverpool.

And this isn’t the primary time the trio have been linked.

2 of the three defenders have been linked final summer season

In reporting that Liverpool “would favor now to attend till the summer season” to signal Guehi, Steele goes on to name-check the three defenders as he underlines the necessity for depth in January.

Lacroix, 25, has been “mentioned previously” by Liverpool and has performed alongside Guehi 66 instances at Palace since he joined the membership in 2024 from Wolfsburg.

The membership have been beforehand linked late in 2023 after Joel Matip‘s ACL damage, however the right-sided centre-back would transfer to Selhurst Park the next summer season for £18 million.

Ordonez, in the meantime, is a participant Steele notes Liverpool “have saved an eye fixed on, particularly earlier than they signed Leoni,” with the 21-year-old having already amassed practically 150 video games within the prime two flights of Belgian soccer.

The younger defender is already a key participant for Brugge and can also be able to enjoying at right-back, versatility that Liverpool have proven they’re in want of.

Collins can be a bit of extra acquainted to many as a consequence of plying his commerce solely in England, beginning at Stoke earlier than stops at Burnley and Wolves previous to becoming a member of Brentford in 2023.

He has been “mooted as a possible defensive reinforcement,” and the professionals are that the 24-year-old would qualify as a homegrown participant within the Premier League.

Furthermore, his 6’4″ body makes him naturally dominant within the air, which is why he was additionally linked through the summer season.

Liverpool’s scouts have evidently been monitoring the progress of all three defenders, however they’re unlikely to be the one centre-backs linked within the coming weeks.