Is This Why Liverpool Pulled Out?

Liverpool have missed out on Marc Guehi to Man Metropolis and it will not be a shock if his large wages have been a purpose why they opted to not signal him.

Guehi was agonisingly near becoming a member of the Reds final summer season, agreeing a £35 million transfer and present process a medical on deadline day.

Crystal Palace pulled out on the eleventh hour, nonetheless, deciding they didn’t have time to discover a appropriate substitute, and he has stayed put in the intervening time.

He’s now set to hitch Man Metropolis this month, nonetheless, with an preliminary £20 million deal agreed which may rise to round £30 million together with add-ons, per talkSPORT.

Not solely that, however the 25-year-old’s five-and-a-half-year deal on the Etihad can be price £300,000 per week, along with his medical going down on Sunday.

Marc Guehi’s wages: The place they’d rank at Liverpool

Guehi’s eye-watering wages at Metropolis spotlight the cash they’re keen to pay new signings in comparison with Liverpool, which at all times made them a risk within the race to signal him.

For the Reds to pay a participant £300,000 per week, it will have to be a world-class particular person able to being a game-changing addition.

Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are Liverpool’s two highest earners after signing new offers final summer season, taking dwelling £480,000 every week (together with bonuses) and £385,000 every week respectively.

Alexander Isak is subsequent on the listing, paid £300,000 every week after turning into the membership’s most costly signing in historical past.

So Guehi’s Man Metropolis wage would make him Liverpool’s joint-third highest earner.

It’s a blow for Liverpool to overlook out on the Palace captain, contemplating he’s arguably England’s finest centre-back heading into the 2026 World Cup this summer season.

However matching Metropolis’s wages would arguably be a reckless method, moderately than their extra measured one over the previous decade, with different top-quality choices on the market.

It will not be till the tip of the season {that a} new face is available in, however with a lot onus on Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate staying match a January addition can be welcome.