Wayne Rooney predicts Arsenal and Chelsea will rival Liverpool for ‘special’ signing

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Guehi impressed against Liverpool at the weekend (Picture: Getty) Rooney described Guehi as a ‘special’ talent (Picture: Getty) ‘I’ve heard a lot of people saying that he’s acted with class. What he’s done is he’s probably gone into the owner and the manager and said, “Listen, I want to leave”, but he’s just gone in and trained. ‘He’s gone in and been a team-mate which you have to do. ‘You can’t say, “Right, I want to leave”, and not turn up for a week or two weeks.

He’s done his job which he gets paid to do and that’s all he’s done! ‘I think he’s a special player. He’s a good size, he’s not the tallest but he’s good in the air, he can play with both feet, he’s aggressive and I think he’ll be a real top player over the next few years.

Will he be at Palace? I really doubt it.’ Guehi is out of contract at Selhurst Park in 2026 (Picture: Getty) Asked which club he would choose if he was in Guehi’s position, Rooney joked: ‘Definitely not Liverpool! ‘I think he’ll have options and I think not just in England, in Europe he’ll have options. ‘I’ve just got a feeling that Arsenal and Chelsea might come in and they might try and take Liverpool out of it. ‘But Liverpool, for me, is the best city in the world so if he does join he can enjoy everything about Liverpool, but I just hope he doesn’t because he will improve them.’ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Alan Shearer, meanwhile, felt Guehi showed exactly why Palace opted to block his move to Liverpool with an ‘outstanding’ showing against the champions on Saturday. ‘It was a big thing keeping Guehi because he was the outstanding defender,’ the legendary ex-Newcastle and England striker said on The Rest Is Football Podcast. ‘And you can understand exactly why Liverpool wanted to sign him, as well as other clubs but also why [Oliver] Glasner and Palace wanted to keep him so badly. ‘Ibrahima Konate got robbed two or three times and they should have scored with a couple of his errors. ‘But it’s a bit of a concern for Liverpool, defensively they’ve not been great at all, the chances and the way Palace went through them with ease, it was so easy for them at times.