3 centre-backs linked with Liverpool – including Marc Guehi’s teammate

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Liverpool are in need of defensive reinforcements with only two fit senior centre-backs, and three players have been name-checked, including Marc Guehi’s teammate. For all of Liverpool’s spending in the summer, they are in need of a new addition at centre-back and arguably depth in the forward line in January.

At the other end of the pitch, though, Steele notably links Crystal Palace‘s Maxence Lacroix, Club Brugge’s Joel Ordonez, and Brentford‘s Nathan Collins to Liverpool. Liverpool’s defensive scouting: A quick look • Defensive targets: Maxence Lacroix, Joel Ordonez and Nathan Collins have been name-checked as players Liverpool are tracking. • Strategic depth: With only two fit senior centre-backs, the club is monitoring profiles ranging from homegrown options to versatile youngsters. • Guehi wait: Liverpool reportedly prefer to wait until the summer for Marc Guehi, potentially necessitating a stop-gap January addition.

2 of the 3 defenders were linked last summer In reporting that Liverpool “would prefer now to wait until the summer” to sign Guehi, Steele goes on to name-check the three defenders as he underlines the need for depth in January. Liverpool’s scouts have evidently been tracking the progress of all three defenders, but they are unlikely to be the only centre-backs linked in the coming weeks.