Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi has knowledgeable the membership he doesn’t wish to signal a brand new contract and can depart the membership subsequent 12 months, head coach Oliver Glasner has revealed.
The England worldwide’s present Palace deal expires on June 30, when he can depart the Eagles on a free switch.
Guehi can also be in a position to signal a pre-contract settlement with a international membership when the January switch window opens on New 12 months’s Day 2026.
“I think Marc has already told us that he doesn’t sign a new contract, so he will leave next year,” stated Glasner on Friday.
“The membership needed [him to stay]. They supplied Marc a brand new contract. However he stated, ‘no, I wish to make one thing totally different’. And that is regular.
“And for us, it’s how we can deal with this situation? [What] is the best way to get this next step done? And that’s all about how we are talking together.”
Earlier this 12 months, Guehi was near becoming a member of Liverpool on Deadline Day in a £35m deal. Palace chairman Steve Parish made the choice to drag the plug on the deal at 4pm – three hours earlier than the deadline – as a result of Palace couldn’t signal a alternative.
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Charlie Austin feels Liverpool should prioritise the signing of Guehi in January as they solely have one world-class centre-back in Virgil van Dijk
A contemporary strategy from Liverpool to signal Guehi in January can’t be dominated out, with Reds defender Giovanni Leoni set to overlook the remainder of the season with a long-term knee damage.
Nonetheless, Palace wouldn’t enable Guehi to go away on a budget within the winter window. And there may be additionally curiosity from proper throughout Europe for what is predicted to be one of the vital high-profile free brokers coming into the market.
Who will Guehi be a part of in the summertime?
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Might Crystal Palace attempt to money in on Guehi in January as a number of high European golf equipment monitor the defender
Sky Sports activities Information’ Kaveh Solhekol:
Guehi has a giant choice to make when he strikes on from Crystal Palace. Just about each massive membership in Europe desires to signal him subsequent summer season.
Actual Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool are simply a number of the golf equipment who need him.
Guehi is completely dedicated to taking part in for Palace however when the time comes to go away, he would wish to play on the highest degree potential, together with within the Champions League. He isn’t somebody who’s motivated by cash.
Actual Madrid are anticipated to signal a centre-back subsequent summer season. However certainly one of their targets, William Saliba, signed a brand new Arsenal contract.
Meaning Madrid will focus their efforts on signing Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate or Guehi subsequent summer season. Each gamers may probably be out of contract by then.
Actual have just lately signed the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Antonio Rudiger as free brokers in latest home windows.
If I needed to put cash on it, I might say he’ll find yourself subsequent summer season taking part in for Actual Madrid or Barcelona.
These golf equipment now have a bonus as a result of they will signal a pre-contract settlement with him in January, which Premier League golf equipment clearly cannot do.
Premier League golf equipment may make Crystal Palace a giant supply for him in January. However how massive wouldn’t it be contemplating he’ll be a free agent in the summertime?
Talking to some individuals at different Premier League golf equipment, they’re telling me is the sensation is that Actual Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are all involved in signing him, and so they undoubtedly can have the benefit.
What about Glasner’s personal future?
Guehi shouldn’t be the one main determine at Palace out of contract subsequent summer season, with Palace head coach Glasner additionally within the last 12 months of his deal.
It’s understood Palace accelerated talks with their FA Cup and Group Protect-winning supervisor over a contract extension and the Austrian admitted he has talked with Palace chairman Steve Parish often this previous week.
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Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner says he’s in fixed dialogue with chairman Steve Parish as hypothesis continues to develop about his long-term future on the membership
“I met Steve when I came back from when I was at international duty at home, big duties at home!
“I got here again on Sunday, met Steve Sunday afternoon on the NFL sport and we talked. I met him on Tuesday for dinner, we talked. I met him on Wednesday within the Home of Commons and we talked. And he is right here [on Friday] and we talked.
“We are talking almost every day and it’s not that I need conditions or I want something. Crystal Palace wants to be successful, so Crystal Palace wants to continue this pathway.
“Once you see [the league form] it was at all times between tenth, eleventh, and 14th and fifteenth. Now within the final years, it is extra – as an instance – [between] tenth and twelfth. And Crystal Palace does not wish to say: ‘Okay, we’re high quality once we return to 14th or fifteenth once more.’ Now could be what we’re at all times discussing, how we expect that we’ve the perfect likelihood that we are able to proceed this pathway.
“And Oliver Glasner doesn’t have the final solution. And Steve Parish doesn’t have it. Working together and having a relationship together just makes sense if you have the same goals, if you have the same vision. Otherwise, you can’t be successful. Wherever it is, in any company, if two leaders have different visions, then you go separate ways and then you can’t achieve your goal.
“And that is what we’re speaking about. If we are able to discover the identical pathway, the identical purpose for Crystal Palace – not for Oliver Glasner – then we’ll finish the talks. And if we do not discover it, we will even finish the talks.”
