‘Not messing about’ – Liverpool laying down marker for Premier League rivals over potential new-look defence

Troy Deeney has lavished reward on Liverpool for his or her forward-thinking as their summer time spending seems set to go north of £200million.

Jeremie Frimpong was the primary via the door at Anfield after Liverpool triggered his £29.5million launch clause.

Frimpong’s Leverkusen teammate Florian Wirtz was the following to hitch, as Liverpool confirmed the eye-watering £116.5m seize of the German famous person on Friday.

Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez is poised to be the third arrival, as his £40m change is taken into account a formality at this stage.

Nonetheless, the defending Premier League champions’ switch enterprise is just not anticipated to be over as soon as Kerkez joins as talkSPORT understands Liverpool are excited about Crystal Palace skipper Marc Guehi.

The 24-year-old has one yr remaining on his deal at Selhurst Park and has been the topic of heavy curiosity from Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur in latest home windows.

Newcastle had 4 bids rejected for Guehi final summer time, with the final of these being a £65m supply, whereas Spurs had a £70m turned down within the winter switch window.

And talkSPORT understands that Barcelona and Bayern Munich have Guehi on their radar ought to the defender run his contract down at Selhurst Park.

However the Reds are trying set to steal a march on their rivals and strengthen what was the second-best defence within the Premier League final time period.

When requested concerning the transfer on talkSPORT, Deeney might image Guehi within the iconic purple shirt of Liverpool and believed the signing lays down a critical marker for the remainder of the division.

The ex-Watford skipper stated: “I anticipated them [Palace] to go large and attempt to preserve him, however possibly they money in.

“I believe he works nice subsequent to Virgil van Dijk.

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“It is a long-term succession plan for Liverpool.

“Liverpool will not be messing about.

“I do assume Liverpool have laid it right down to everybody, ‘Here is what we’ll do, come and catch us in the event you can.'”

Palace have seemingly commenced a succession plan for Guehi themselves as they give the impression of being to usher in Sporting centre-back Ousmane Diomande for what is predicted to be a club-record charge.

The mooted swoop for Guehi comes as Liverpool’s centre-back division seems destined for a serious overhaul.

Jarrell Quansah is in line for a summer time departure to Leverkusen in a deal value roughly £25.6m.

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The 22-year-old managed solely 13 league appearances final time period, so a change to Leverkusen the place he seems more likely to play extra minutes is evidently engaging.

There are additionally critical query marks over the way forward for Joe Gomez, who missed half of final season with a hamstring damage.

However even when match, the 28-year-old was not thought-about a starter as he was caught behind the rock strong centre-back pairing of Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.

Konate himself faces an unsure future as his contract is up subsequent summer time.

The French worldwide has attracted curiosity from Actual Madrid and will signal a pre-contract settlement in January ought to he not signal a brand new deal to stay at Anfield.

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As for skipper Van Dijk, he put hypothesis surrounding an exit to mattress in April as he prolonged his keep till 2027.

Van Dijk was a rock for the Reds final time period as he performed practically each minute of their Premier League marketing campaign.

The Dutch defender has already gained 9 trophies since signing from Southampton in 2018 and succeeded Jordan Henderson because the membership’s captain.

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