According to reports, Manchester City have decided to ‘increase’ their ‘interest’ in signing Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi, who is admired by Liverpool.

Guehihas emerged as one of the best centre-backs in Europe and he is being linked with several elite clubs.

The England international is one of the most valuable footballers who is due to become a free agent in the summer,though an exit in this transfer window remains a possibility.

In the summer, Guehi looked likely to join Liverpool in a deal worth around ￡35m, but this transfer collapsed on deadline day.

Liverpool reached an agreement with Crystal Palace, but Oliver Glasner’s side opted to pull the plug at the eleventh hour as they did not have enough time to secure a suitable replacement.

Therefore, Guehi remains on the market and Liverpool face intense competition from rivals to secure his services, with Man City ’emerging as contenders’, while it has also been suggested that it would take an ‘extraordinary’ offer to land him this month.

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This is according toBBC Sport,who are reporting that the Premier League side have upped their ‘interest’ in Guehi after Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol suffered injuries against Chelsea on Sunday.

Speaking after this match, City boss Pep Guardiola admitted he is “concerned”and insisted that they must “find a solution”.

“We have a lot [of injuries]. John Stones is missing for I don’t know how many months,” Guardiola said.

“Ruben now will be out, Josko will be out. Nathan [Aké], always we know with Nathan he cannot play regularly. It’s the situation.

“Stay strong and we will find a solution. The spirit is there and will be there. Of course I have concerns.

“Have you seen the bench today? Four players from the academy and now we will have more. We don’t have players.”

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BBC Sportclaims Man City are ‘exploring a move’ for Guehi ‘this month’ and Palace ‘would consider selling’ him, but it is explained that a deal depends on one condition.

The report claims:

City will wait to discover the full extent of the Gvardiol and Dias injuries before making a final decision on whether to proceed with their interest in Guehi during the current transfer window. But sources have told BBC Sport that City’s interest in Guehi has progressed and that a move in January should not be discounted.

‘The Anfield club remain heavily interested in Guehi and it now remains to be seen if they are prepared to bring their plans to sign the player on a free transfer this summer. City and Liverpool are both interested in taking Guehi on a free transfer at the end of the season.’