Jamie Carragher now has a ‘theory’ about Marc Guehi to Liverpool, he is spot on - opinion
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Liverpool still look like they will try and get a deal for Marc Guehi over the line.The Reds do not often make too many mistakes, especially in terms of transfers, but failing to sign Guehi in the summer was certainly a big one.Waiting until the last minute proved costly, with the Englishman exactly who Liverpool have been missing this season as their defence has looked short of confidence.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Liverpool can spend £100m in January if FSG are willing, who do you want to see signed? 💰 “Ultimately, if they want to spend £100m, there is nothingstopping them.
Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say It looks like they will attempt to sign him again next summer, though, on a free, but Jamie Carragher reckons it will be for a very different reason than before.Jamie Carragher thinks Liverpool replacing Ibrahima Konate for Marc Guehi is unwiseCarragher’s opinion on centre-back is often very useful given how good a one he was himself, with the former Red a big fan of Guehi.However, he believes that, unlike in the summer, he should not be to replace Ibrahima Konate, but instead to replace Joe Gomez due to their issues aerially.“I’ve got a bit of a theory about Marc Guehi that I’m not 100% sure the club would or should go straight back in for him,” he said in an interview with Rory Jennings.“When Marc Guehi was available in the summer, they weren’t buying him to go straight into the team, they were buying him as competition for Konate.“I think now they would be buying one to replace Konate instead, and Guehi can do that, but Liverpool have had a lot of problems from set pieces this season. Who has been Liverpool’s best player in 2025?
Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say “One thing you can say about Konate is that he is a big lump, six foot three, so taking someone out like that for someone who is just under six foot, doesn’t make sense.“I think if they sign Guehi, it will be a replacement for Joe Gomez, someone who can cover across the whole back four.“And if they sign a replacement for Konate if he doesn’t sign, they are buying someone who’s six foot three, six foot four.“Liverpool need to get more equipped to this Premier League with long throws and corners, they are basically the worst team for it, so taking one of the biggest headers out the team for Guehi, I don’t think that fixes that.”Liverpool need multiple defensive reinforcementsCarragher might be right by saying that he would be a replacement for Gomez instead, particularly as the Reds need multiple defenders over the next few windows, not just one.A lot, of course, depends on what Konate decides to do, but in an ideal world, he would sign a new long-term deal and Guehi would arrive as well.Keeping Gomez around could be useful too, but given his injuries and interest from abroad, now might be a good time to part ways after over a decade. Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox