Marc Guehi set for Liverpool medical after Crystal Palace accept £35m bid

Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign England centre-back Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace.

The 25-year-old will complete the formalities of his move, including a medical, in London on Monday before signing a long-term contract with the Premier League champions.

The deal was agreed after the clubs reached a compromise on the fee for Guehi, with Liverpool having originally tabled an offer of £35m, plus a 10 percent sell-on clause.

He is set to be Liverpool’s second major signing on transfer deadline day, after the Reds agreed a £125m deal with Newcastle for striker Alexander Isak.

Guehi captained Palace to a 3-0 win at Aston Villa on Sunday night in the last of his 162 games for the London club, scoring a spectacular second goal.

Speaking after the match he did not discuss his future.

“All I know is when you score goals like that it is always down to team performance,” he said. “People will try to single out the goal but that was a clear team performance tonight.”

Guehi has been a key target for Liverpool this summer after Jarrell Quansah left Anfield for Bayer Leverkusen.

There have also been concerns about the solidity of Liverpool’s defence after they conceded six goals in their first three games of the season.

They lost the Community Shield on penalties to Palace – who Guehi captained at Wembley – and gave up two-goal leads in the Premier League to Bournemouth and Newcastle before fighting back to win.

After also bringing in Isak, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin Pecsi and Giovanni Leoni, the Guehi deal will take Liverpool’s spending to about £451.2m without add-on fees – the highest total in Premier League history.

Source: BBC