Crystal Palace Ready To Sell Captain Marc Guéhi Before Transfer Deadline Day

‎Crystal Palace chairman, Steve Parish has confirmed the club is prepared to sell captain Marc Guéhi this transfer window to avoid losing him on a free next year.

‎The England international is in the last year of his contract at Selhurst Park and has attracted interest from several Premier League clubs, including Liverpool and Newcastle.

‎Arne Slot’s side is Guéhi’s preferred destination after their Community Shield shootout defeat to Palace.

‎However, they have yet to meet Palace’s £40m asking price.

‎Newcastle failed with multiple bids over £50m for the 24-year-old last summer, while Tottenham had an offer worth up to £70m rejected by Palace in January.

‎When asked if Crystal Palace would consider letting Guéhi leave this month for the right offer, Parish admitted they couldn’t risk allowing him to see out his contract and leave for free.

‎“We’d have to do that, of course,” he said.

‎“For players of that calibre to leave on a free, it’s a problem for us unfortunately. [Last summer] Joachim [Anderson] went [to Fulham] and we couldn’t afford to lose both. We then had another bid in January but that was a different situation.

‎”We’ll just have to see what happens. But, you know, it needs a new contract or a conclusion of some kind.”

‎Guéhi is reportedly prepared to remain at Selhurst Park and honor his contract if needed. He could sign a pre-contract with non-English clubs in January, while Eberechi Eze has also drawn interest from Arsenal in this transfer window.

‎“As far as people being here or not being here, it depends,” added Parish.

‎“If it’s the right decision for the football club and them, nobody can make anyone go, then there’ll be some changes.”

‎Oliver Glasner has been critical of Palace’s lack of activity in the transfer market so far but Parish insisted that he will do his best to back the Austrian manager after delivering the club’s second piece of silverware in the space of three months.

‎“I admire Oliver so much. He just wants to win trophies and football matches,” he said.

‎“The Premier League is kind of crazy, the money that people spend and the kind of financial jeopardy that people take. So I have to look at everything around that.

‎“We’ll do everything we can in the next few weeks to give ourselves the best chance. But at the end of the day, the amount of money we’ve got isn’t infinite.”