Crystal Palace captain Marc Gehi’s contract expires at the end of the season, and with interest from Liverpool and Manchester City, he could make a “big offer” in January.
Marc Guehy will be sold to Manchester City in January if the price is right and the England star wants to go, Oliver Glasner has confirmed. “I’m not naive enough not to know that if a huge offer came from City and Marc wanted it, it would happen,” the Crystal Palace manager said.
Manager Josep Guardiola is looking for defensive reinforcements after injuries to Jojo Koudaldiol and Ruben Dias, and Gehi’s contract expires this summer. Newcastle offered up to £65m for the Three Lions defender in August 2024, but Liverpool agreed a £35m deal last summer before the deal fell through.
However, the FA Cup holders are currently asking for £40m. That’s because finding a replacement will be more expensive in the January window. And Guehi could help the team win the conference league and qualify for Europe again this season.
“Honestly, I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Glassner said. “If you just value sport, everyone at the club will say Marc should stay. The chairman will say the same thing. But it’s not one-sided.
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“Nothing in life is one-dimensional, so it’s very important to look at the financial situation. Everyone wants him to play for Crystal Palace, sign a new contract and stay here forever. We want him to play for Crystal Palace.”
“Everyone will say that. On the other hand, there is a situation where the contract ends in the summer and if someone comes in, there will be a moment when the club will say that financial issues are more important than sporting issues at the moment.”
“I’m not naive enough not to know that if a huge offer came from City and Marc wanted it, it would happen.”
Asked about Guehi’s price, Glasner said: “You have to ask the chairman (Steve Parish). He has turned down a lot of offers over the last few years. He thought in the summer, ‘We want to have a successful season, we want to win the Community Shield, so Marc is important’ and he rejected the offer.”
“At the time, the amount we offered was not above that threshold. Maybe it was close to it, but it wasn’t above it. And then again, if someone came in and said they would pay £80 million for Marc, Marc would say, ‘I want to go. Marc will not be a Crystal Palace player. If a player says he wants to leave and the amount is above the threshold, then it will happen.’
In a 51-minute press conference before Wednesday’s visit to Aston Villa, Glasner compared Guehi’s situation to selling his car to fix a drafty house.
“When you’re in a nice car, you love it. It’s the car you’ve had for 15 years, or you met your wife there or something. But you need the money. It’s cold, the glass is broken, you don’t have any money, and someone offers you a crazy amount of money for your car,” he said.
“You say, ‘No, I don’t want to sell my car. I love my car. It’s a memory of my wife.’ But I don’t want to freeze.
“How much do you want to pay? If you say, ‘Okay,’ you can buy the windows and the roof and have a car. But I want a car, and so does Mark.”
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