I think Liverpool have blown their chances with Marc Guehi transfer - January deal is vital

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Liverpool have been told they have "blown their chances" of signing transfer target Marc Guehi, who is available as a free agent next summer from Crystal PalaceLiverpool have been told they have "blown their chances" of signing Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi. I mean, I'd love to be a fly on the wall at Liverpool when they didn't get the Guehi deal done."Let's just say Crystal Palace wanted £45million.

Liverpool should have given them £50m, because they're going to have Marc Guehi for six years. If Marc Guehi was at Liverpool now he'd be playing at left-back and you'd be (Ibrahima) Konate, (Virgil) Van Dijk, (Conor) Bradley and Guehi, and you’d be thinking crikey, that’s pretty versatile."Liverpool should have just paid Palace whatever they wanted.

I understand that, because you can’t turn it down, but Guehi had to be the other priority."This January has to be the marker with Guehi if they want to finish in the top four. They need to try and pull out all the stops to land him in January because by the summer time, I think he’ll have plenty of options to choose from, and they could be more attractive to him and his family."On Ibrahima Konate, who himself is a free agent next summer, Hutchison added: "I'd keep Konate from now to the end of season because he's a good body to have around just in case Virgil got injured, or if Guehi signed and took a knock."If Guehi went to left-back you would still need Konate."I'd keep him around until the summer, and if he wants to move on a free transfer, then Liverpool will have one or two irons in the fire to try and replace him."Palace chairman Steve Parish recently spoke about Guehi's collapsed move to the Reds and his future.He said: "They'd made an offer.