Joe Gomez is OUT of Liverpool’s 2025/26 preseason tour. The 28-year-old has flown home - taking no part in the Reds’ Hong Kong fixture against AC Milan over the weekend. England international Gome...
Joe Gomez is OUT of Liverpool’s 2025/26 preseason tour. The 28-year-old has flown home - taking no part in the Reds’ Hong Kong fixture against AC Milan over the weekend.
England international Gomez is suffering an achilles injury and will work on his recovery back on Merseyside. The loss of Gomez leaves Liverpool looking extremely light at centre-back.
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Of course there is no issue with their two most senior options Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk. That said, some cover for Konate would be welcome considering he is out of contract in 2026 and has had injury trouble of his own over the last few seasons.
Ryan Gravenberch, Kostas Tsimikas and Andy Robertson have all filled in at centre-back over the course of this preseason with Jarell Quansah having been sold to Bayer Leverkusen.
Liverpool's centre-back issues
It was expected that the Reds would move for an option in the position in this transfer window - with Jorrel Hato and Joel Ordonez among the players linked.
But sporting director Richard Hughes has deployed his resources elsewhere so far this summer - spending £260m on an array of new signings including Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz among others.
However as a result of Gomez’s injury, Liverpool’s potential issues at centre-back have been put into focus. It would not be ideal heading into the season with ONLY Van Dijk and Konate as senior fit options - and a new face would ideally arrive.
Liverpool back in for Marc Guehi
And according to a new report in Football Insider, the Reds are going to step up their pursuit of Marc Guehi before the transfer window ends.
Guehi, 25, emerged on the radar a few weeks ago - around the time Quansah’s £30m+ deal to Leverkusen was sealed. The trail has gone cold in all honesty since then - with Guehi out of contract in 2026 and Crystal Palace determined not to lose him for nothing.
“Liverpool are still working in the background to land a deal for Guehi and are expected to make a fresh approach to Palace in the coming weeks,” the report states.
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Will Palace cash in on Guehi?
Palace declined to sell Guehi to Tottenham back in January when the north London club offered around £70m. It would take much less than that to land the England international this summer - having entered the final 12 months of his contract.
Liverpool have been delivered a warning over their centre-back options this summer with Gomez’s injury. He could not stay fit during the second half of last season either - meaning their need for cover was already known.
It’s time to step up business in the centre of defence - otherwise Liverpool risk relying on makeshift solutions when the season begins.
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