Crystal Palace issue official Marc Guehi deadline day update after £70m Newcastle United talks
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has confirmed Marc Guehi is staying at the club amid failed approaches from Newcastle United.
The Magpies had been locked in talks with Palace over Guehi for the best part of a month before negotiations broke down his week. Palace are understood to have demanded around £70million for Guehi and have taken a much stronger stance centre-back since Chadi Riad picked up a knee injury in their Carabao Cup win against Norwich City on Tuesday.
A deal, however, wasn’t totally dead with Newcastle willing to return to the able if Palace lowered their demands. However, Glasner has announced: “I can confirm Marc Guehi will stay. It was never really in doubt. Congrats to the club and the owner, they never gave in, especially after the transfer of Joachim Andersen - it was very important Marc stayed.
“Thank you to Marc, we were always very close and talking. The rumours didn’t influence his performance, mood or professionalism. He always told me he is not pushing to leave Crystal Palace, and always for me, that’s the important thing that the players tell me that they like to play here.
“Marc told me very often but sometimes people tell and act the opposite way but Marc told me and acted in the same way. He showed his fantastic character.”
The collapse of the Guehi deal means Newcastle are unlikely to make any major signings before tonight’s transfer deadline.
Howe, speaking ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash at home to Tottenham Hotspur, said: “When we start out and go into the window, there are various parts of the squad that needed looking at and needed work.
“It’s the same wish for everybody working internally, there’s no one part that goes ‘we don’t want to support that’, we do, altogether, and we want to find the right solutions. But they’ve got to be the right solutions.
“The worst thing you can do is bring the wrong players to the football as that would harm us for a long time. It’s always about the right players and if you can’t find the right players, it’s probably best to do that.
“This window, as I’ve said many times, has been difficult and continues to be difficult for us. We’re in a really difficult situation with PSR and available funds, attracting the right players and the players we think can make a difference.
“It’s such a delicate spot for us, we’ve got to try and hit it right and if we don’t then probably doing nothing, as frustrating as that is, is probably the best option.”