Marc Guehi Liverpool transfer agreement reached after Jamie Carragher plea

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Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo are both being linked with transfers to Liverpool, but if you could only have one this January who would you choose?01:00, 21 Nov 2025Updated 06:44, 21 Nov 2025Jamie Carragher feels that Liverpool have to sign a centre-back in January to avoid the Reds' season going even further off the rails. But what if the best form of title defence was attack?The prospect of a January move for Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo has reared its head in recent days, and while Liverpool do have the squad space and the money to be able to sign both Semenyo and Guehi this winter, what if you could only have one?READ MORE: Sadio Mane admits truth about Mohamed Salah relationship and what happened after Liverpool fightREAD MORE: Liverpool gave me five-year contract and sold me days later - I was heartbrokenWe asked our ECHO reporters what they would do.Theo SquiresThere would be something 'very Liverpool' about the Reds signing Antoine Semenyo.

It would be a shrewd move if he were to be added to Arne Slot's ranks in January.But as exciting as shiny new forwards are, if it is a choice of Semenyo or Marc Guehi, for example, Liverpool have to prioritise the latter.They have not been at their best defensively this season for a variety of reasons and their backline needs addressing. Virgil van Dijk will be 35 ahead of the start of next season when heading into the final year of his own deal and Giovanni Leoni is out for the season with an ACL injury.Down to three available senior centre-backs following the loss of the Italian, Liverpool clearly need to bolster their ranks in the short term, with further recruitment also needed at the back going forward.Guehi has been one of the standout defenders in the Premier League so far this season and was so close to joining the Reds back in September.

While they would benefit from a new forward, they desperately need another centre-back.Mark JonesHe wouldn't have cured all the ills we've seen in defence this season, but as time has gone by missing out on Marc Guehi has looked more and more of a damaging blow for Liverpool.Guehi is by no means the perfect defender - and sure enough when it looked as though the Reds were going to sign him back in the summer there were plenty of people willing to point out the flaws in his game - but he is a Premier League proven performer at a time when the division is at its most unforgiving. This is their last chance to cash in on him.A move for Antoine Semenyo would be exciting, and I wouldn't be overly surprised to see the Reds go for both in January, but in a world where they can only have one this winter then it has to be Guehi who is prioritised.You can see what appears to be coming down the tracks where Ibrahima Konate in concerned, while Joe Gomez's future is forever unclear and Virgil van Dijk will be 35 at the end of the season.