The January transfer window is now open and Liverpool could be in for a busy period. Despite spending big on Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz in the summer, head coach Arne Slott may still be looking for new talent if the right opportunity presents itself. Liverpool’s attacking options are currently limited due to Mohamed Salah’s absence from the African Cup of Nations and Isak’s long-term injury.
Injuries to Giovanni Leoni and Joe Gomez further increased the need for reinforcements and weakened the Reds’ defense. However, Liverpool have received encouraging news regarding their interest in Marc Gehi after their summer transfer failed. Let’s take a closer look at the latest information from Anfield.
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Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner has admitted he is unsure whether Gehi will remain at the club during the January transfer window. Liverpool were on the brink of signing the England international centre-back in the final days of the summer transfer window, but negotiations broke down in the 11th hour of extra time.
Liverpool have agreed a transfer fee of £35 million with Palace, and Gehi also underwent a medical. The 25-year-old defender’s contract expires at the end of the 2025/26 season and there are no plans to renew his contract with the Eagles.
There has been little movement from Liverpool to re-sign Guehi, but this month Glasner admitted the captain’s fate remained uncertain and gave encouragement to the Reds that a move could happen.
Discussing Guehi’s future, Glassner said, “You’re going to ask me all these questions over and over and over again. I need to find one answer. I always say the same thing, unless I know something else.”
“Because, believe me, if I knew something, I would tell you. So I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know what will happen to Marc (Guehi). I don’t know what will happen to the new players, I don’t know what will happen to JP (Jean-Philippe Mateta). I don’t know anything.”
Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are the only centre-backs available to Liverpool at the moment. Gomez is currently injured, while summer signing Leoni is out for the entire season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
First transfer confirmed
James Norris has completed a permanent move to Shelbourne. The 22-year-old defender has been on loan at the Irish League Premier Division club since February.
The move ends Norris’ long association with his boyhood club. The Liverpool-born talent joined the academy at Under-9 level.
He came through the youth system and made two first-team appearances. His debut came in December 2019, aged 16, as a substitute in the 5-0 loss to Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
He became the fourth youngest player in Liverpool’s history at the time.
Norris’ second and final appearance for Liverpool’s first team came in January 2022, when he came on as a stoppage-time substitute in the 4-1 FA Cup third round home win against Shrewsbury Town.
A club spokesperson said: “Everyone at Liverpool FC wishes James the best of luck for the future.”
Several promising talents from Liverpool’s academy could be considered for loan moves this month, with the likes of Trent Cone-Doherty, Rhys Williams, Kieran Morrison and Calvin Ramsey all likely to leave.
