Jamie Carragher thinks Liverpool transfer decision could 'blow up in their face'
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Jamie Carragher was part of The Overlap podcast discussing Marc Guehi's future, September 11, 2025Jamie Carragher feels Liverpool may regret not moving for Marc Guehi earlier in the summer window after his proposed transfer from Crystal Palace fell through on deadline day.
Guehi underwent a medical in London on September 1 after the two clubs agreed a £35m deal with a 10% sell-on clause for the England international.
However, Palace boss Oliver Glasner was determined to only accept a sale when a replacement had been sourced and after Igor Julio's switch from Brighton & Hove Albion fell through following late interest from West Ham United, Guehi was told his dream move was off, with reports suggesting the Eagles manager had threatened to quit if his skipper was sold.
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Liverpool are now not expected to move for Guehi in January, believing they can bring the England international in as a free agent next summer instead, but Carragher says the addition of the 25-year-old would have given Arne Slot's centre-back department real strength in depth.
"There was a report from a couple of journalists, who are basically the best journalists on the beat, they did a story a couple of days ago saying that Liverpool would wait until next season to get him on a free, they wouldn't go in January," Carragher said on the latest Overlap podcast.
"So what I'm saying is they wouldn't write that unless they felt it was true.
Listen, I am sure there's been a lot of talk between him (Guehi) and the agent and the top people at Liverpool and they have pulled the plug at the last minute and they say: 'Listen, we're still in for you...'
"But it sounds like it'll be more at the end of the season than January.
Maybe [the fee] was £10m but they are like: 'No, we want you on a free.'
Carragher added: "Liverpool always do what they see in their eyes as value for money.
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"Might they regret that?
Oh yeah, I think there's one situation with Liverpool, that's the one area...listen, they are three games in, nine points from nine and probably not played that well, so we would probably all say they are big favourites, Liverpool.
"But that is the one area where that could come back and blow up in their face because they haven't really got that [cover].
What Guehi was getting was giving Liverpool competition at centre-back.
They've got two starters and two understudies.
"Joe Gomez, injury-prone himself, and the young lad from Italy (Giovanni Leoni), he is going to be a great prospect, but if you think if one of them had to play for a couple of months, it is a big difference."