Arne Slot plays down talk of Liverpool signing centre-back in January
Palace pulled out of a £35m deal late in the window, and manager Oliver Glasner has since suggested Guehi will see out his contract, which expires in June
Arne Slot has played down speculation over Liverpool signing a centre-back in January, despite their failed move for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi last summer.
Palace pulled out of a £35m deal late in the window, and manager Oliver Glasner has since suggested Guehi will see out his contract, which expires in June.
While Liverpool remain among several clubs monitoring the England international, Slot insists he is comfortable with his current defensive options, even after Joe Gomez’s muscle injury, as Ibrahima Konate is set to partner Virgil van Dijk against Tottenham on Saturday.
“First of all for himself but the injury of Giovanni Leoni is, of course, it has quite a lot of impact,” Arne Slot said.
“If you have four centre backs for the season, two right and two left backs with Wata (Wataru Endo) and Ryan (Gravenberch) who can help you out, but then you have an ACL injury, that is not very helpful. It is tough.
“And unfortunately Joe is now out of the squad again tomorrow. In a season, these moments for most teams happen. Some teams have so many (options) but most other teams do not.
“This is our way of working at Liverpool. The outside world wants to believe we have unlimited money but that is not true.
“You insiders know – and you are the only ones because the outside world only talks about our spending – what we have brought in (money) to spend. “That is the way we work over here. You then have to accept that in certain games during a season you are short of a right full back.
“But we are still able to win. I fully believe in that way of working, by the way.”
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