Rio Ferdinand gives his view on Marc Guehi’s collapsed move to Liverpool as 'bully' verdict emerges

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At the moment, Liverpool have four senior centre-backs among their first-team squad, but with the injury history of players such as Joe Gomez, it’s unclear whether they’ll be available throughout the season.

Over the course of the summer transfer window, we’ve seen several players, such as Alexander Isak, getting their dream moves after kicking up a fuss and refusing to play.

And, even though it was evident that Guehi wanted to make the move to Liverpool, the Englishman just got on with his job and even captained the Eagles to a 3-0 win over Aston Villa last weekend.

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And, while speaking on his YouTube channel, Rio Ferdinand gave his thoughts on the way Palace have handled Guehi’s transfer this summer.

“Marc Guehi, a wonderful young, polite, respectable human being,” he said.

“I’m not saying Isak isn’t because he is, I heard he is, I’m not saying that, I’m just talking and telling you what I know because I know Marc Guehi.

“Beautiful young human being, dances and tip-toes around it, does things the right way, does things the way the media says it should be done, he’s quiet, unassuming, non-confrontational, the fans love this, this is what they respect, this is what they like.

“Transfer deadline day, he don’t even get a move, he’s stuck, he’s at Crystal Palace, they said ‘no, you’re not going’ because they knew he wasn’t going to fight, he’s not that way.

“So the club bully him, so the club say no, you’re not going anywhere, so we’re going to take that move out of your hands, the dream move to the Champions who could potentially win three or four trophies this year.”

Although there’s no hiding from the fact that Liverpool would have preferred to have Guehi at their disposal from the start of the season, him joining in January wouldn’t be all that bad either.

After the move collapsed on Monday, reports instantly started to emerge about Liverpool making a move for Guehi in January.

Indeed, it’s still early days and the summer window closed less than 24 hours ago, but, on the face of things, a January move for Guehi makes complete sense.