"If Liverpool had come in with a 40million offer, they had a number of targets they were looking at. The problem was, by the time they got to deadline day, a lot of those targets were unavailable. Sporting CP's Ousmane Diomande was a key name for them, but it wasn't a move they could make until Guehi was sold to raise the money."
"They did manage to secure an agreement with the London club on deadline day, but Crystal Palace pulled the plug on the deal after failing to sign a replacement. Now, Football Insider have revealed that Crystal Palace were open to selling the player early on in the summer, but Liverpool were delaying the move and ultimately ended up costing them."
Crystal Palace were willing to sell Marc Guehi in June or July and had replacement targets if an offer around 40million arrived. Liverpool delayed a firm bid until deadline day, with Guehi completing a medical but the transfer not finalised. By deadline many Palace targets, notably Sporting CP's Ousmane Diomande, were unavailable because Palace could not commit funds before Guehi's sale. Palace refused to spend before receiving transfer income to protect financial stability, so they aborted the deal when a replacement could not be signed. Guehi will be a free transfer at the end of the season and Palace would prefer to sell him rather than lose him for nothing.
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