Crystal Palace release statement on Marc Guehi future as Newcastle United given £40m transfer hope
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has insisted Marc Guehi wants to stay at Selhurst Park amid reported Newcastle United interest.
Toon chiefs failed to sign the England international last summer despite making him their No.1 transfer target. Guehi was fresh off the back of a successful Euro 2024 campaign and the Eagles famously demanded “superstar money” for the defender.
Palace are understood to have slapped a £70million price tag on the centre-back - a figure that negated Newcastle interest. A precarious FFP/PSR landscape forced the Magpies to rethink and Guehi ultimately stayed in South London.
However, the Eagles risk being placed between a rock and a hard place given his contract situation. Guehi has 18 months left to run on his current deal and, as it stands, is giving no assurances about penning an extension.
The Athletic reported last week that Palace may accept around £40million - a fee closer to Newcastle’s initial valuation. Chelsea - the club Guehi graduated from as a youngster - are thought to be expressing interest.
Newcastle targeted a centre-back in the summer and would provide a more plausible path to first-team football. Fabian Schar and Dan Burn have shone this season and, while Sven Botman has returned, the Magpies are short at right-sided centre-back.
Guehi predominantly plays on the left but is capable of either position and possesses ball-playing abilities similar to Schar. While Newcastle may maintain an arm’s length interest, Palace boss Glasner believes he - and several other stars - are happy at the club.
“I know (Trevoh Chalobah) wants (to stay),” he said following their 1-0 FA Cup win over Stockport County. “I know what we want, and so I think yes. We still have (a lot of time) to go in the transfer window.
“Like always, everything can happen. But when you ask me, I want to stay together with this squad. I know Trevoh wants to stay, I know Marc (Guehi) wants to stay."