Journalist says Liverpool signing £20m ace in January would make 'little business sense'

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Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty ImagesDespite this massive amount of spending, links with Marc Guehi have failed to die down, with Giovanni Leoni’s season-long injury adding even more fuel to the fire. Sami Mokbel doesn’t think that Liverpool signing Marc Guehi in January makes much senseWith the defensive struggles that Liverpool have undergone this season, it feels highly unlikely that talks of a new defender joining the club in January will go away anytime soon.It’s clear that the Anfield outfit still have around £35million to play with in their transfer kitty, as that’s what they were willing to pay for Guehi, even though he only cost Crystal Palace around £20million to sign in the first place.

And now, as per a report from BBC Sport journalist Sami Mokbel, it seems like even though going the rest of the season with just three centre-backs is seen as a ‘risk’ for Liverpool, it also makes ‘little business sense’ for them to sign the Englishman. “It is clear that they were probably short of one centre-back – they definitely are now following the season-ending ACL injury suffered by Giovanni Leoni,” he wrote.“Going into the rest of the season with just three centre-backs in Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez is a risk, so if there is an opportunity to sign one in the winter window then they will consider it.“Of course, we know of their interest in Marc Guehi having come so close to signing him in the summer.

Would they look to do that deal in January?“Given Guehi is available for nothing at the end of the season, it makes little business sense to pay a fee for him in January.”Liverpool have some big decisions to make about their defence before the January transfer window comes aroundIt goes without saying that the last couple of weeks have been rather hard for Liverpool. One of Liverpool’s main liabilities this season has been Ibrahima Konate, and, since he’s in the final year of his deal with Liverpool, the club clearly have some big choices to make.