Steve Parish has admitted Crystal Palace could also be compelled into promoting Marc Guehi this summer time.
With Liverpool reportedly within the lead for the England worldwide’s signature, such feedback bode properly for Richard Hughes and the recruitment workforce.
The 25-year-old centre-back helped the Eagles beat the Merseysiders in a penalty shootout within the Neighborhood Defend conflict on Sunday.
Steve Parish admits Marc Guehi sale to Liverpool is feasible
Oliver Glasner has already made clear that he’d be eager for Guehi to increase his contract at Selhurst Park. In any other case, as issues at the moment stand, the defender’s present phrases are set to run out in 2026.
With a membership like Liverpool on the opposite finish of the telephone, nevertheless, it does complicate issues.
Now, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish, talking within the combined zone after the sport, has poured additional gas on the hearth.
In feedback Lewis Steele relayed on X (previously Twitter), the Palace govt admitted Marc Guehi must signal a brand new contract or the state of affairs has to succeed in ‘a conclusion of some variety’.
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish requested in MZ yday about curiosity in Marc Guehi and whether or not he would promote if the worth is true: “Sure. After all, for gamers of that calibre to go away on a free, it’s a downside.”It wants a brand new contract or a conclusion of some variety.”
Liverpool…
— Lewis Steele (@LewisSteele_) August 11, 2025
It’s honest to imagine that mentioned ‘conclusion’ will greater than doubtless contain a switch away from London.
This all feels fairly important, given Palace’s prior place seemed to be dedicated to getting Guehi to signal a brand new contract or retaining the participant and permitting his contract to run down.
It’s unlikely Guehi stays in London after Chelsea switch choice
One would assume that is the form of deal Chelsea could be throughout, given Levi Colwill has suffered a severe damage.
Nonetheless, if reviews are to be believed, Marc Guehi doesn’t tickle the Blues’ fancy at this stage. Enzo Maresca’s males are as an alternative set to deal with different targets within the meantime.
Did Virgil van Dijk trace at Liverpool switch?
They are saying a wink is nearly as good as a nod to a blind man. Which begs the query as to what we will infer from Virgil van Dijk’s realizing look to the digital camera throughout Arne Slot’s interplay with Guehi.
There’s each risk that that is merely a case of sensational timing between digital camera angle and screenshot.
Nevertheless it’s troublesome to fully overlook the matter when Liverpool’s curiosity within the centre-half is public data.
On prime of that, it now appears Crystal Palace are ready to permit the Englishman to go away. Probably, whatever the membership’s later CAS (Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport) ruling on their attainable involvement within the Europa League this season.
Nonetheless, Liverpool nonetheless gained’t wish to pay over the percentages for a participant on an expiring contract. So let’s see if sporting director Hughes can work his magic!
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