'It's a pity' - Slot on Liverpool's Guehi pursuit - video Dailymotion

Slot has left the door open for Marc Guehi to join Liverpool after his transfer fell through on deadline day

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00:00I think it would be a bit ridiculous if I'm going to deny that we were close to signing him.

00:06That is so out in the open, that would be ridiculous.

00:09These things happen in football.

00:12It happened to our players maybe in the past as well,

00:15that they thought they were so close on signing somewhere else

00:18and then in the last moment things changed.

00:20This can happen.

00:22For me, we would have liked to sign him, of course,

00:27because we were in for him and he was, like I've said many times,

00:31if we can feel we can strengthen the team with a chance in the market,

00:35we never hesitate to do so and that's what we tried to do.

00:38It's a pity, but not only for us but also for the player, I think.

00:43But he's in a good place playing at Palace,

00:46where he won the charity shield in the FA Cup with a very good manager as well.

00:52Let's see what the future brings for him and for us.