In recent years, Barcelona and Real Madrid have both taken a policy of scrutinizing the market for free players looking for value veterans.
The latter have had a major impact on the planning of Liverpool transfers in recent years, and the first hopes to keep it.
The Merengues are very interested in the central defender of Liverpool, Ibrahima Konaté. The refusal of the French to extend allows them to contact him for a free transfer in January, as they did for Trent Alexander-Arnold. This prompted Liverpool to turn to a potential replacement: the English international Marc Guehi, but an agreement of 35 million euros with Crystal Palace failed the day of the transfer date, to the Dam of Guehi, it seems.
Barcelona competition with Liverpool for the defender
According to Sport, Guehi is also also on the list of priorities of the sports director Deco de Barcelona. The Blaugrana are attracted by the 25 -year -old contract, who is one of the most impressive central defenders in the Premier League. Many believe that Liverpool will return to try to recruit him, after having concluded personal agreements with Guehi before the failure of the transfer, but the report also indicates that Real Madrid follows its situation closely.
Liverpool tried to recruit Marc Guehi this summer.
Barcelona lacks defensive strategy
Following the departure of Inigo Martinez this summer, Barcelona now has Eric Garcia, Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo and Pau Cubarsi as options in central defense. With the end of Christensen contract next summer and Koundé's right rear, there is certainly the margin for a defense reinforcement.
Araujo is theoretically the most likely partner for Cubarsi in the long term, but it has now been about two years that the Uruguayan has not displayed regular performance, and if it cannot impose itself this season, its future will also be uncertain.
