Transfer news live: Guehi on verge of Man City switch, Man Utd reject Maguire offers, Liverpool latest

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Guehi deal will take City spending to close to half a billion, as case faces a wait of another year

Manchester City have agreed a deal in principle to sign Crystal Palace defender, and captain, Marc Guehi . Guehi had been garnering interest from other clubs such as Liverpool , Arsenal and Bayern Munich but Pep Guardiola’s side will win the race for the centre-back .

Oliver Glasner confirmed as much in a press conference on Friday where he also announced his decision to leave Palace at the end of the season . Some negotiations over Guehi’s move are still taking place with the Eagles wanting an asking price of £35-£40m for the defender despite him being out of contract at the end of the season.

Manchester United are looking to strengthen before the January transfer window closes. In midfield they have lined up Carlos Baleba, Marcos Llorente and Elliot Anderson as targets - Man City are also said to be interested in Anderson - while Nottingham Forest defender Murillo is being looked at to reinforce the defence. The club have alos rejected several offers for defender Harry Maguire whose contract is expiring.

Chelsea , meanwhile, have reportedly made a huge bid for Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde, and are also reportedly interested in Lucas Paqueta. Reports from Brazil say the West Ham midfielder prefers to return to his home country but a switch to another European club hasn’t been ruled out.

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Leeds have completed the signing of Facundo Buonanotte on loan from Brighton until the end of the season.

The 21-year-old attacking midfielder from Argentina has been on loan at Chelsea from the Seagulls since September, but traveled to West Yorkshire on Thursday for talks with Leeds.

Buonanotte featured 35 times for Leicester during a loan spell last season.