Marc Guehi

[Laviofies]

A fourth offer? He better outperformed all the expectation if he signed for us otherwise we are gonna get memed for a long time. 

[Guest]

5th offer made, £70m plus isak, Gordon, Bruno, Barry venison, pingle and half of strawberry place

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, duo said:

It's like he's ourvonly target for the position and we don't have a back up 

 

Think it's more the fact he's our clear first choice CB and we're prepared to go the extra to do it. We're just not used to this. Ashley would have moved on to a St-Etienne centre-back for £5m at this point. 

[Chris L]

I wonder how many bids usually get put in during a transfer process, like in general. But aren’t often leaked/made public.  
 

Like, I can’t imagine most signings (between any club) only have 1 bid before it’s accepted. Could it be “normal” for transfers to have 3/4/5 bids before it gets accepted? But not made public like this one seems to be. 

[LiquidAK]

Surprised we've gone that high - if I was in charge I'd have walked away. Crucially though, the people who actually are in charge know what they're doing  so if they think he's worth that and we can afford it then I'm all in. He really impressed me at the Euros, would give us top-class cover at CB and between him, Botman, Hall and Tino basically sort our backline for the next 5+ years. Real statement of ambition too.

[r0cafella]

Leaks all from Palace, they are desperate for a bidding war. 

[Andy84]

Only thing questionable for me is this mail journalist leaking is clearly doing so for the benefit of Palace.  Hope it’s not all a game for Palace to show their fans how big and hard they are by keeping him 

[Fak]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Leaks all from Palace, they are desperate for a bidding war. 

 

Can't see any team needing or wanting a £65m+ CB at present apart from us. That still won't stop Chelsea mind.

[Lush Vlad]

I know Man U are renowned for wasting money and paying massively over-inflated fees. But reading the article, mentioning Wan Bissaka at £50m was the outgoing transfer record for Palace. Wow.
 

Makes £60m’ish 5 years later for Guehi seem like a good deal. 

[The Prophet]

It's a steep price, but if he's a constant in the back line for the next ten years he'll be worth it. I always back the club on incoming transfers, they've earned it.

[r0cafella]

Just now, Fak said:

 

Can't see any team needing or wanting a £65m+ CB at present apart from us. That still won't stop Chelsea mind.

They have to try and maximise the sale mind, this is the last chance and literally peak value for them. 
 

I think Guehi is very good mind, but I do question this transfer, it’s a bit like the Barnes one for me.

[mattypnufc]

Think that gets it done tbf.  But we'll see.

[ads]

Seems like such a lot of money but it's probably because we're just not used to being that club. 

 

He's only 24 and his stock is already pretty high. The thought of him playing alongside Botman, potentially for years, is pretty delicious. I'm sure we have other targets but there's clearly a mindset within the club that this can get done and that he'll make a huge difference to the side. I'm all for it. I think he'll be class.

[thomas]

1 minute ago, Andy84 said:

Only thing questionable for me is this mail journalist leaking is clearly doing so for the benefit of Palace.  Hope it’s not all a game for Palace to show their fans how big and hard they are by keeping him 

 

I liked the idea - can't remember if i read it here or elsewhere - that Parish's appearances last week were to both project that kind of strength for the fans and to request just a little more from us to get it done.

 

Now that we have,  he can do the old "well we just can't turn down that kind of money" routine.

[mattypnufc]

A pacifying interview so to speak.  Ease the impact and keep pressure off him and the board etc. 

[Smal]

Him and Botman as a partnership with their age profile is well worth £100m in today’s market. Let’s goooo.

[Elma]

Feels like we're buying him on eBay. Those in the know at the club must have been quietly fizzing when Maguire went down injured and he got called upon as first choice at the Euros. 

[Paully]

Two weeks since the first bid and we haven't walked away - it's 100% happening!

[Slim]

13 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Howe alluded to something like this in a recent interview. That at elite level the pool of players you look at is pretty small.

Gordon said if NUFC could sign any player he would pick him.

[Zero]

Jesus. We better end up Top 4 finish or we need to sell all the purple patches and start from scratch again

[Keegans Export]

[TK-421]

2 minutes ago, Zero said:

Jesus. We better end up Top 4 finish or we need to sell all the purple patches and start from scratch again

 

Or, we're couting on/have a good idea of the Man City case outcome and are confident our imminent commercial income is about to go seriously vertical!

[Shadow Puppets]

Assuming the info I’ve been told is accurate (about the financial incentive to get this done prior to the season starting), it wouldn’t surprise me if this has an ultimatum attached to it and we hear that it’s been accepted today.

[Nucasol]

Just now, Shadow Puppets said:

Assuming the info I’ve been told is accurate (about the financial incentive to get this done prior to the season starting), it wouldn’t surprise me if this has an ultimatum attached to it and we hear that it’s been accepted today.

Apols - missed the previous on this - what’s the potential incentive?

[healthyaddiction]

Just now, Shadow Puppets said:

Assuming the info I’ve been told is accurate (about the financial incentive to get this done prior to the season starting), it wouldn’t surprise me if this has an ultimatum attached to it and we hear that it’s been accepted today.

Funnily, I was just looking up your earlier posts as I remembered you saying this earlier. So, assuming you're right, if this happens it's going to happen fast