In January, foreign clubs will be eligible to open pre-contract talks with the defender over a free transfer in the summer – unless he signs a new deal beforehand. If Guehi does

Ibrahima Konate looks set to leave on a free transfer, while Joe Gomez is also linked with a move away as usual, meaning Virgil van Dijk is the one player guaranteed to stay.

Crystal Palace are poised to lose Marc Guehi to Liverpool this summer but have acted fast to find a replacement with a deal struck for Sporting Lisbon's Ousmane Diomande