Marc Guehi

[gbandit]

1 minute ago, Max Cherry said:

Move onto other targets, if we have any......

Good point, there’s probably not a single other player we are interested in 

[Slim]

Remember when they wanted 100mil for Zaha

[PRL]

The timeline for Freedman decision and now this makes the conspiracy theorist in me think that Palace are happy to disrupt us for as long as possible. 

[The Prophet]

 

[Fak]

Time to pump Schar full of PEDs. 

 

 

Edited August 16, 2024 by Fak

[Max Cherry]

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

Good point, there’s probably not a single other player we are interested in 

I mean you'd think so given how many times we go back in for him

[TBG]

A 6th will do it.

[Shadow Puppets]

Reading the Telegraph article in full it reads like a Crystal Palace PR piece.

 

Quote

Crystal Palace consider the potential transfer of their captain Marc Guehi to Newcastle United no closer with the Saudi-owned club still short of the valuation that the Palace ownership place on the England international.

 

Palace have been clear from the start that Newcastle need to hit a certain price with add-ons that are achievable for the deal to be considered – and currently Newcastle have not reached that. While neither side has ever been explicit about Palace’s price, it is thought to be in excess of £70 million.

 

The Palace investors who own the club are in agreement that there is no requirement to sell this summer and Guehi’s value – as a 24-year-old first choice England centre-back – is only likely to rise. Newcastle are reported to have offered £65 million. Guehi is a priority for them and a chance for new director of football Paul Mitchell to show his mettle by concluding the deal.

 

The player himself, who joined from Chelsea for around £18 million in 2021, is philosophical about how his future might play out and will be available to play in the season opener against Brentford on Sunday. While Newcastle have qualified for the Champions League once under the Saudi-consortium led ownership, qualifying for that competition every year is by no means certain – and pegging add-ons to that eventuality would not be attractive in a deal.

 

Palace view Guehi as being the kind of player that comes along very rarely. A young centre-half with perhaps another decade at the top level, and already a tournament final veteran with England. That level of player represents, in Palace’s view, the kind of big investment which others have been prepared to make in the past.

 

There is a strong possibility that there will be even greater competition for Guehi come January when it is likely that more habitually successful clubs than Newcastle are also making long-term decisions about budget and squad planning. The Palace manager Oliver Glasner joked that there had been no activity in his bank account to suggest that Guehi would be leaving.

 

“Marc trained today and we talked together,” Glasner said. On the question of whether a deal was imminent he told Sky Sports, “I will have to look at my bank account if something came in! But it doesn’t look like it so we have to plan with Marc. He is our player and our captain and I can’t tell you anything else.”

 

Steve Parish, the Palace chairman earlier in the week said it would take “superstar money” for Newcastle or any other club to sign Guehi.

Earlier in the day, the manager Eddie Howe said Newcastle might abandon the deal: “There are also times where we have to go, ‘OK, that’s too much’, and we’ve done that plenty of times in the last 2½ years. People might not have found out about that, but we’ve had to switch targets. It depends on the deal and the amount of money that you’re going to spend.”

 

Just speculating, but perhaps the bit in bold is the problem. Maybe the overall price isn't the issue, it's how achievable the add-ons are.

[NG32]

1 minute ago, The Prophet said:

 

This is crazy 

[gbandit]

There’s not a world where he’s worth £70m + with two years left on his contract 

[Andy]

Will be disappointed if we go back in, far too much time wasted on this already. It was clear from Parish's interview that Palace aren't willing sellers. 

[SUPERTOON]

8 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Where?

25 million for Chalobah might be a decent deal tbh. Covers RB as well. Think he would thrive under Howe.

[thomas]

I'd love for them to get relegated and wish they had an extra 70m to strengthen in jan with. good job sticking to your guns, goblin tits.

[Shadow Puppets]

Just now, Andy said:

Will be disappointed if we go back in, far too much time wasted on this already. It was clear from Parish's interview that Palace aren't willing sellers. 

 

You don't get to a 4th bid, and the level of confidence that we've had about it, without them being willing sellers.

[toon25]

Fuck this, man. Walk away 

[TheHoob]

2 minutes ago, gbandit said:

There’s not a world where he’s worth £70m + with two years left on his contract 

 

Think I'm in this camp, I do rate him but this is getting a bit silly now  Sounds like they could have an unhappy player on their hands now too. 

 

 

Edited August 16, 2024 by TheHoob

[Keegans Export]

This is going exactly the same as Botman. Asking price goes up every time the bid increases. 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Shadow Puppets said:

 

You don't get to a 4th bid, and the level of confidence that we've had about it, without them being willing sellers.

 

Or without us being mugs tbf. There's possibly a reason other clubs aren't involved that would attest to that. 

[Pilko]

What an absolute bunch of Peter Ian Stakers the Palace lot are. £65m not enough  

 

Walk away and go get someone else now, this is becoming boring and he's not worth the added time or investment.

[vexred]

9 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Where?

 

Chelsea. They want £20-25M for Chalobah, and wouldn't want more than £50M for Madueke. 

 

There are many other players we could get. 

[SUPERTOON]

The issue isn’t only the price, we only have 2 weeks left, we can’t leave it much longer as we need time to get a replacement. Palace could continue to string us along up to the deadline.

[Shadow Puppets]

Just now, vexred said:

 

Chelsea. They want £20-25M for Chalobah, and wouldn't want more than £50M for Madueke. 

 

There are many other players we could get. 

 

According to the Athletic they want £60m+ for Madueke, and I don't particularly rate Chalobah.

[Andy84]

It’s not so much losing out it’s the complete meltdown of our fans I’m not looking forward to 

[ponsaelius]

They'll want £65 mill upfront I reckon.

 

It's too much, sack it off.

[Fezzle]

9 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Good point, there’s probably not a single other player we are interested in 

Might as well sell our purple's now in case they lose value in our relegation season based on some posters manic need for doom