Liverpool have opened talks with Crystal Palace to sign centre-back Marc Guéhi , with the south London club expecting a fee of around £30 million ($41m) plus £5m in add-ons, sources have told ESPN.

The Premier League champions are in the market for defensive reinforcements following the departure of Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen , while Joe Gomez is sidelined with a minor injury.

Guéhi has a year left on his Palace contract and chairman Steve Parish admitted earlier this week they could be forced to let him go this summer.

"Yes. I mean, we'd have to, of course," Parish said when asked if they would listen to offers for Guéhi.

"For players of that calibre to leave on a free, it's a problem. We had one bid [last summer] but Joachim [Andersen] went [to Fulham ] and

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