The Times' senior Liverpool team reporter Joyce reported that Liverpool negotiated Guy's transfer with Crystal Palace and was also interested in Parma's young central defender Leoni.

Liverpool has started negotiations with Crystal Palace on Guy's transfer and is increasing interest in Parma player Leoni. The Reds are striving to complete the reinforcement of the defense line by the end of this month.

Liverpool and Crystal Palace are discussing to complete Guy's transfer with a fixed fee of £30 million plus a £5 million additional clause. Liverpool's pursuit of Guy further increased after Crystal Palace president Parrish expressed that the club was willing to sell the England international at a reasonable price.

At the same time, the 18-year-old Leoni is highly recognized by Liverpool, and he is also paid attention to Inter Milan. Inter Milan's new coach Zivo coached Parma last season. For Leoni, it is obviously beneficial to stay in Italy during the countdown to the World Cup next summer. However, Inter's budget restrictions mean they may not be able to meet Parma's £30 million to £35 million asking price.

Liverpool have not yet had club-level contact with Parma, but they believe Leoni is one of Europe's best young centre-backs and have been trying to bring in a young player for years.

Over the past three summers, Liverpool has been interested in Colewell, Yoro and others, but none of them have reached a deal. Taking Yoro as an example, he finally chose to join Manchester United from Lille because of his chances of playing. Leoni may have similar concerns, so Liverpool hopes to confirm that he is willing to leave Italy. It is worth noting that the deal between signing Leoni and Guy does not conflict.