{"id":15592,"date":"2025-06-20T18:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=608607"},"modified":"2025-06-20T18:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:23:10","slug":"liverpool-looking-for-reinforcements-in-the-backline-this-pl-centre-back-is-highly-appreciated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/liverpool-looking-for-reinforcements-in-the-backline-this-pl-centre-back-is-highly-appreciated\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool looking for reinforcements in the backline; this PL centre-back is highly appreciated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool\u2019s Jarell Quansah is all set to Leave the side after the personal terms agreed with Bayer Leverkusen. As soon as the defender will leave, LFC will start looking for new centre-backs in the market. Liverpool have identified Crystal Palace\u2019s Marc Guehi as their ideal man for this window. However, the talks have not been initiated yet.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s young centre-back Jarell Quansah is all set to depart Anfield after reportedly agreeing personal terms with Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. The 21-year-old defender, who impressed during his breakthrough season under J\u00fcrgen Klopp, appears to be heading for a new challenge in Germany as he looks to continue his development under Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>With Quansah\u2019s exit imminent, Liverpool are expected to dive into the transfer market in search of a suitable replacement. According to sources, Crystal Palace\u2019s Marc Guehi has emerged as the Reds\u2019 top target for the summer window. The England international has been a consistent performer in the Premier League and fits the profile of a modern, ball-playing centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite identifying Guehi as their preferred option, Liverpool are yet to open formal talks with Crystal Palace. The Reds are likely to assess the market and weigh their options once Quansah\u2019s departure is officially confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool\u2019s Jarell Quansah is all set to Leave the side after the personal terms agreed with Bayer Leverkusen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3798,3947,1737,3918,1823,3796,219,2356],"class_list":["post-15592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arne-slot","tag-centre-back","tag-crystal-palace","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-liverpool","tag-marc-guehi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}