Liverpool’s £35million move for Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi has collapsed at the 11th hour, the PA news agency understands.
Palace’s aborted bid to land Igor Julio as a replacement is understood to be the reason why the Eagles pulled the plug on the deadline-day deal.
Guehi, whose contract at Selhurst Park runs out at the end of the season, had completed a medical and looked set to swell manager Arne Slot’s defensive options.
Despite the late hitch over Guehi, the anticipated arrival of Sweden striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle – in a British record £125m deal – would cap an extraordinary transfer window for the Premier League champions.
Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong are among those to have already signed since the end of last season in a significant summer outlay.
