According to reports, Chelsea right-back Malo Gusto is keen to leave the Premier League club and could join rivals Liverpool.

The Blues invested around £26m plus add-ons to sign the 23-year-old from Lyon during the 2023 winter transfer window.

Gusto has been a regular for Chelsea since the start of the 2023/24 campaign, with the Frenchman making 144 appearances in all competitions.

The defender was one of Chelsea’s standout performers in an otherwise poor 2025/26 campaign, and he was heavily linked with an exit in the summer.

New Man City head coach Enzo Maresca was keen to reunite with Gusto at the Etihad, though a deal did not happen because Chelsea valued him at £75m.

Gusto has also been linked with other clubs in the Premier League and elsewhere, including Liverpool.

And the door could now be open for Gusto to leave Chelsea in January, partly because he has only been a bit-part player at the start of this season.

Now, a report from BBC Sport’s Nizaar Kinsella claims Gusto is ‘open’ to leaving Chelsea in the upcoming January transfer window and he is now ‘assessing his options’.

The report explained:

‘It is unclear what Chelsea’s stance is, but they were open to selling Gusto in the summer and set a £75m asking price for potential suitors.

‘Manchester City, now led by former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca, were among the interested clubs, although it remains unclear whether they retain an interest.’

Liverpool could sign Malo Gusto for two reasons

Earlier this week, our colleagues at TEAMtalk revealed more details on Gusto’s situation, with the player and Chelsea ‘open to the possibility of his departure’ in the upcoming transfer window.

Liverpool are mentioned as one of several destinations, with the ‘door wide open’ for the Reds to sign him due to his stance on leaving and their willingness to fix their right-back situation.

The report claimed:

‘Liverpool also made enquiries about the defender in the summer, while Tottenham Hotspur were among the other Premier League clubs to explore his availability.

‘Both could yet emerge as potential destinations if Gusto’s situation at Stamford Bridge continues to develop in the coming weeks and particularly with the Reds open to signing a specialist right-back in 2027 owing to their own well-publicised issues with the position and amid doubts that the Reds will fork out to sign Ronald Araujo on a permanent basis.’