{"id":36151,"date":"2025-12-31T12:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/is-guehi-leaning-towards-real-madrid-instead-of-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:16:50","slug":"is-guehi-leaning-towards-real-madrid-instead-of-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/is-guehi-leaning-towards-real-madrid-instead-of-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Guehi leaning towards Real Madrid instead of Liverpool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Real Madrid is exploring options to strengthen their defense ahead of next summer, particularly focusing on high-profile center-backs whose contracts are expiring. The club seems keen on acquiring a player without incurring a transfer fee.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Guehi, the captain of Crystal Palace, was rumored to be on Real Madrid&#8217;s shortlist, alongside Bayern Munich&#8217;s Dayot Upamecano and Liverpool&#8217;s Ibrahima Konate. However, recent reports suggest that Real may be withdrawing from this competition.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Los Blancos reportedly have a strong interest in Guehi, favoring him over both Konate and Upamecano. They anticipate that the England international would prefer a move to Santiago Bernab\u00e9u rather than Anfield, provided Real takes meaningful action to facilitate the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has already indicated that he will not extend his contract with Palace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This news is significant for soccer fans as it highlights Real Madrid&#8217;s ongoing commitment to securing top talent and maintaining their competitive edge in European football. A move for Guehi could reshape their defensive lineup, showcasing the club&#8217;s strategy to leverage contract expirations in a tight transfer market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid is exploring options to strengthen their defense ahead of next summer, particularly focusing on high-profile center-backs whose contracts are expiring. The club seems keen on acquiring a player without incurring a transfer fee. Marc Guehi, the captain of Crystal Palace, was rumored to be on Real Madrid&#8217;s shortlist, alongside Bayern Munich&#8217;s Dayot Upamecano [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40,3097,6473,132,564,46,452,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-36151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-guehi","10":"tag-leaning","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-madrid","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-real","15":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}