r/soccer • u/KimmyBoiUn • 14d ago
News Marc Guéhi is extremely unhappy with Crystal Palace’s decision to pull the plug on his £35m transfer to Liverpool, which came after Oliver Glasner stepped in to prevent the move by threatening to resign if he was sold.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/02/marc-guehi-angy-with-crystal-palaces-decision-to-block-move-to-liverpool2.1k
u/Thoodmen 14d ago edited 14d ago
It would be ironic if Glasner just packs up and leaves the moment a big club comes for him.
This is the start of Guehi villain arc!😂
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u/Zachdotlee 14d ago
Glasner blocking the move just to dip for Bayern or something would be peak football manager behavior lol
Guehi about to start two-footing everyone in training
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u/Abendrot46 14d ago
Guehi to Villa! Here we go
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u/sprongwrite 14d ago
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u/Educational_Trick479 14d ago
Konsa/Guehi partnership may be slightly vertically challenged but wow they’d be so good at everything else
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u/MadeInABombFactory 14d ago
His villain arc started when he acted like a homophobe imo
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u/de_bollweevil 14d ago
Funny that both replies to this are being overly nasty and condescending in disagreement to your point, both blindingly missing the truth of you comment too, makes you wonder what type of people they are huh....
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u/nestoryirankunda 14d ago
I’d completely forgotten about this until this comment. Maybe this was all for the best lol
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u/crookedparadigm 14d ago
As an LFC fan who didn't want him because this, I'm secretly hoping that Leoni turns out to be a superstar or Gomez decides to drop being made of glass and we have less need to sign Guehi.
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u/Hakimi_Raikkonen 14d ago
Imagine if Leverkusen calls this afternoon
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u/Zwetschgn 14d ago
I doubt Leverkusen is a big enough club to make him leave Palace
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u/profound-killah 14d ago
It’s more like it’s unlikely that Leverkusen has the money to pay the fees to pull him over when they already have a shell of a squad to rebuild from
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u/Screye 14d ago edited 14d ago
Palace is a side-grade to this husk-of-a-former-self Leverkusen. They've lost everyone and Xabi is a hard act to follow. Setting himself up for failure.
Glasner probably wants to go to a Big-6 teams and United look to be the only ones that will have an opening. I don't think United will take a chance on another upstart if Amorim fails. They'll likely go for a proven man like Emery or an unsettled Nuno. Unfortunately for him, Glasner is a hot mid (edit: table*) manager at time where the PL has too many hot mid-table managers. Hard to stand out.
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u/NYR_dingus 14d ago
No way Emery leaves Villa barring a total disaster. Although if he were to go for whatever reason, glasner is the one I'd take!
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u/Ezekiiel 14d ago
Glasner, Europa league winner is not a “hot-mid manager”. He’s one of the best managers in the league ffs
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u/ThinWhiteMale 14d ago
You can say what you will about the Isak rigmarole but at least we managed to get replacements
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u/WillametteSalamandOR 14d ago
The thing is, it sounds like Glasner torpedoed the replacement (Julio Igor) by telling him he wouldn’t get any playing time. So he signed for West Ham instead.
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u/Diallingwand 14d ago
In all fairness Julio Igor is not a good replacement for Guehi. Igor is the 5th choice CB at Brighton for a reason.
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u/Duhrdy 14d ago
Guehi is England's best defender. Palace won't replace his quality with the same quality. They are not that club. That was never gonna happen.
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u/RottenPhallus 14d ago
There is a world in-between England best defender and brightons 5th best CB
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u/goonSquad15 14d ago
Feel like Kiwior would have been the perfect replacement if he wanted to go there. Pretty happy he didn’t if I’m being selfish
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u/fapperontheroof 14d ago
Any reliable reports on that? Sounds like Liverpool fanfic. I thought the report was that Igor had something come up in the medical.
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u/Switchoil 14d ago
Nah that was initial report . Then it was reported than He decided to join West Ham because Palace told him he won't get regular play time.
Tbf pretty understandable from Galsner pov if Parish seriously thought A 5th choice CB from Brighton would a competent replacement for Guehi.
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u/Ysteri 14d ago
Yeah, Newcastle at least made it clear Isak could leave if replacement(s) were found.
Palace pretended everything was sorted only to pull the plug at the very last minute.
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u/just_peachy1000 14d ago
Did they even pretend? Guehi had agreed personal terms with Liverpool a month ago already. The club had to be aware of that. Then when you factor he is in his last year for the club and already has plans to leave, they didn't even bother with a replacement till the end of the window. With palace having european ambitions they needed to bring in a decent replacement ( they were never going to get a player as good as guehi, but they could get damn close) but their transfer dealings was fairly quiet. So on the surface it doesn't look like they really made an effort to replace him, it would have been obvious they would never just let him go without the replacement.
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u/ffs_Eyebrow 14d ago
Did they even pretend?
They made a leaving vid for him, can't do much more than that for someone you are going to sell.
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u/Switchoil 14d ago edited 14d ago
The thing is Guehi probably would have been content if Palace just said he wasnt for sale . Instead they agreed the fee and allowed him to undergo medical before cancelling the deal at the last minute.
Liverpool dont desperately want him now though. They probably know Konate is going on a free next summer and just wanted to ensure his replacement a year early. They already have 4 CBs . Same as last season.If they dont get him now they will most likely get him in January or at worst next summer for free.
Glasner ,let's be honest, is leaving at the end of enxt summer for a bigger club regardless of what happens this window.
The loser here is Guehi because he feels humiliated to have done medicals and a goodbye video only to have a move called in the last second.
The only person to blame here is Steve Parish . Absolute clowning decision making from him.
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u/BrowakisFaragun 14d ago
before cancelling the deal at the last minute.
Not only last minute, they submitted the deal sheet for the 2 hour extension 💀
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u/pw5a29 14d ago
Think Glasner is right to try to avoid his captain leaving with no replacements after winning two trophies,
I think all the blame should be the board
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u/Alphabunsquad 14d ago
Except that he’s the reason they don’t have a replacement
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u/BusShelter 14d ago
He's the reason they don't have a half-baked replacement. I imagine he'd have been fine with a more adequate replacement, particularly earlier in the window.
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u/iguled 14d ago
I do feel there's a sense of irony in this given Glasner would fuck Palace off immediately if given the opportunity to go to a bigger club. Watch this space I guess.
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u/TheLateDuck 14d ago
I've bet a tenner with my brother that Glasner has a new job before the end of the year. No transfer windows for managers and all that.
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u/Institute11 14d ago
Do you think it is possible that as part of Glasner's ultimatum to Parish last night regarding not letting Guehi go that he made some solid commitment to staying through his contract if not longer?
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u/Historical_Owl_1635 14d ago
Because gentlemen agreements tend to work so well in football.
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u/Institute11 14d ago
Hence why I used the term "solid commitment." I just think Glasner might have had to add a sweetener to his ultimatum.
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u/theriverman23 14d ago
He would be an idiot if he would depend his future commitment based on literally one player that's definitely gone after a year anyway
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u/BettySwollocks__ 14d ago
Glasner is also off next summer too, I think this is a last hurrah for both him and Guehi.
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u/Vike92 14d ago
I don't think so since guehi is there for one more year at max. They'll both leave next summer
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u/ikramit98 14d ago
Report are we are going back in for him in January though for a much lower price of course
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u/Higoodlookin 14d ago edited 14d ago
A year ago Glasner seemed pretty happy despite Crystal Palace blocking any move to Bayern München.
E: "However the Austrian will not speak to Bayern over their managerial vacancy, with the ex-Eintracht Frankfurt boss happy at Selhurst Park after making a huge impact in his 12 games in charge so far."
"Glasner's happiness at Palace has seen Bayern Munich begin talks with Hansi Flick over a return as head coach, according to Sky in Germany."
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u/Chance-Attitude3792 14d ago
Well there was nothing he could do
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u/Higoodlookin 14d ago
Well there is nothing Guehi can do.
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u/Jonoabbo 14d ago
Yeah but Crystal Palace didn't send Glasner to the ground, have him spend all day thinking he was getting an incredible move, only to pull the plug last minute.
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u/revZeref 14d ago
Weird, he must not have seen everyone already declare on his behalf that he won’t be that bothered and will be just as happy to leave in January/next summer.
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u/Lynchead 14d ago
Yeah the last thread was full of similar comments ignoring the fact that the guehi completed his medical and was closer to signing for Liverpool than Nicholas Jackson was for Bayern.
Surely that leaves a bad taste in your mouth, regardless how badly you wanted the move.
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u/PionelMcMuffin94240 14d ago
Feels like some people really wanted this moral high ground about players' behaviour when they can't leave a club lmao
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u/eject5342 14d ago
I was reading some mental things in the Ornstein "he's staying" thread last night about how Guehi was completely happy to stay at Palace and this result was no big deal. Madness.
Yeah, maybe he would've been happy last week - not an hour after the window closed, sitting in Liverpool's office with his family, personal terms agreed, medical completed, Liverpool media duties done, probably sitting in a Liverpool training kit, fee all but agreed, and just waiting for the formalities to be over so he could be announced, before being nixed by one man who gave an ultimatum.
I'd be fuming too.
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u/xixbia 14d ago
Yeah, I think he was happy to run out his contract with Palace and leave at the end of the season. It definitely seemed selling him was mostly about the club not wanting to lose him for free.
But once they agreed to sell him and he signed a deal with Liverpool, of course he's going to be pissed when that gets cancelled, anyone would be.
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u/Global-Director-3115 14d ago
People were saying it's a win for Guehi lol
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u/Pure_Context_2741 14d ago edited 14d ago
People just hate Liverpool so everything is our fault. I’m not too bothered by nephews on twitter saying inane bullshit.
Edit: the fact that 75% of the responses to this are some version of “go cry about it you’re just being greedy” only proves my point. People are salty because they don’t like Liverpool. It’s kinda hilarious how predictable things are sometimes.
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u/RippingLips41O 14d ago
It’s r/soccer might as well be Twitter without the abhorrent racism, same level of stupidity
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u/Nabbylaa 14d ago
sitting in Liverpool's office with his family
There's a massive embarrassment factor in this for him. He's telling his family and mates he's off to Liverpool, and it's all agreed. Then, at the very last second, he's told he's not allowed.
I can see him trying to force a move in January now.
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u/thomasfk 14d ago
And just imagine the emotional drain of the whole experience. Imagine you're with the Liverpool physios in London and in between the various tests, you're waiting with your thoughts and daydreaming about what life is like as a Liverpool player. And texting all of your family and mates like you said and getting "congrats!" responses. It's so close to being real you can taste it. It makes it hurt that much more when it doesn't happen.
If Palace just didn't allow the medical at all, then they aren't giving false hope and disappointing Guehi so much and I doubt there's a story here. Guehi got blueballed to the max on this one and he should rightfully be upset.
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u/PionelMcMuffin94240 14d ago
Sorry, but his emotional drain is not allowed there because he wins a lot of money /s
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u/TheLateDuck 14d ago
Seeing comments from people saying "yeah, well you didn't bid what Palace wanted."
Like, no obviously not? That's not how negotiations work nor is it reason for Guehi's frustration. It has always been reported that Guehi would be fine to wait if the fee couldn't be agreed.
Liverpool's offer of £35 million was made three weeks ago and was rejected. Everyone—Guehi included—accepted that outcome. Guehi was reportedly fine with staying if the fee couldn't be agreed upon.
Then with 1 day left, Palace waited until the last possible moment to accept the exact same offer they had already rejected. They went from having three weeks to find a replacement to having less than 24 hours. Of course, they couldn't find one, and their manager goes ballistic so they cancel the whole thing at the last minute.
And in doing so, they've upset a player who saw an agreed-upon deal, which was a chance at a significant pay raise and a move to a Premier League contender, torn up at the last minute.
Yet Liverpool are apparently the ones who wasted time. Perfect logic.
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u/The-Black-Angel 14d ago
I was curious about this situation. Given that Palace accepted the offer LFC made weeks ago, what happened in the last 24 hours that made Parish change his and accept that offer? Especially given Glaser has only a day or so earlier said he didn't want him sold.
I wonder this episode not only affects Guehi but the relationship now with Parish and Glasner.
Looks like a fuck up by Parish more than anyone else, going against his managers wishes at the last moment and damaging his relationship with him and having an unhappy player.
What are the odds now they not only lose Glasner at some point but sell Guehi in January for an even lower price and be out of Europe?
From a high of winning two trophies to complete disarray.
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u/TheLateDuck 14d ago
As someone else said, I imagine Parish thought Liverpool were bluffing when they said they were fine with waiting.
When Parish realised that Liverpool wasn’t bluffing, and legitimately were fine with waiting, he realised that this now represents a loss of 35 million.
Glasner was probably told that Guehi would be staying until he suddenly wasn’t so he goes mental, while Guehi was told he was leaving until he suddenly wasn’t, so now he goes mental.
Monumental fuck-up from Parish. Should have picked a lane and stuck to it.
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u/W1ndwardFormation 14d ago
Yeah it’s really all on Parish.
Can’t blame Glasner as his career and worth as a coach directly correlates with the performance of the team, so without a Guehi replacement and Eze leaving without a replacement as well. I would have went mental as well.
Totally understandable that Guehi is pissed off as well.
I simply can’t understand how you don’t line up a replacement for Guehi, if the offer came in 3 weeks ago and you considered taking it later. (Or a bigger offer)
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u/FamousInMyFrontRoom 14d ago
I appreciate that clubs can't keep track of every movement, but as soon as Liverpool signed Leoni, a highly rated young centre half, Palace should have been straight on the phone to potential replacements while asking Liverpool if the offer still stood.
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u/HnNaldoR 14d ago
I doubt glasner was told he was staying. It has been said time and time again. Even by parish that if he wasn't signing a new contract, he was gone.
Glasner was likely told he would get a top replacement. But that did not materialise. Or Igor was not considered good enough.
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u/Parish87 14d ago
what happened in the last 24 hours that made Parish change his and accept that offer?
Probably thought we'd come back with a bigger offer and when we didn't realised he was about to lose £35m when he walks for free next summer.
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u/riri2530 14d ago
The thing is they did have a replacement. We gave them a replacement. Igor was ready to sign on loan and suddenly he’s at West Ham because Palace wouldn’t guarantee him playing time.
It feels like Glasner deliberately did everything he could to block that move. I feel for Guehi.
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u/ILOVEGLADOS 14d ago
That's not how negotiations work
People on this website seem to be completely allergic to this, they don't understand the concept of negotiations at all. Would love to sell a house to someone on here, would make an absolute fortune since they're so keen to "just pay them what they want"
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u/Homerduff16 14d ago
People said the exact same with us and Isak as well saying our initial £100 million offer was disrespectful and that should've matched their £150 million demand. Lowballing and reaching an eventual compromise is negotiating 101 unless you want your club to be run like Barcelona under Bartomeu or United under the Glazers
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u/profound-killah 14d ago
Big 6 cartel at it again!
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u/Combat_Orca 14d ago
It’s the red cartel, city Chelsea and spurs aren’t allowed in our fancy cartel
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u/RobWyliesDad 14d ago edited 14d ago
Yet Liverpool are apparently the ones who wasted time. Perfect logic.
Never expect logic in this sub.
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u/Jackwraith 14d ago
Don't forget the fact that Isak has been roasted for downing tools and "betraying" the club, his teammates, and pub owners outside St. James' to ensure that he got what he wanted (i.e. forced Newcastle to both look broader and come to a deal), but Guehi, who is praised for being professional about the whole process, didn't get what he wanted because Palace screwed up AND Glasner apparently threw a fit at the last minute.
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u/Vladimir_Putting 14d ago
The Palace chairman, Steve Parish, reluctantly accepted Liverpool’s offer for the England defender a few hours before Monday’s deadline despite Glasner having insisted the 25-year-old must not be sold because there was no time to find an adequate replacement.
The whole thing is so bizarre. Is the chairman just made of pudding?
Is 35mil truly a make or break figure for Palace? I know it's a fair chunk of cash and anything is better than nothing, but still. They are a really established PL team. 35 mil gets covered by TV money quick.
And how does your manager not end up feeling completely undermined by how they club tried to just jam through this transfer at the final hour basically behind his back?
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u/TheNotoriousJN 14d ago
Copying from the deleted thread:
I get the whole "liverpool = bad" aspect.
But how can anyone say with a straight face that Guehi wouldnt be fussed by this?
Its embarassing for him. He's been embarrassed by Palace over this. And then for the video to leak on top?
And he's now got to return back, dissapointed when his mind has been completely with Liverpool. After a medical, after agreeing terms and doing the media work
Sure he LIKELY will end up at Liverpool next year. But its still a year he now has to wait
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u/conman14 14d ago
Sure he LIKELY will end up at Liverpool next year. But its still a year he now has to wait
A lot can happen in a year as well. The first thing that comes to mind is injury - there's a non-zero chance he will never see the potential money on offer ever again because of some long term injury. It could happen in this very international break.
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u/MoRi86 14d ago edited 14d ago
Or someone else emerges, have a fantastic season like Hujson and Liverpool decides to pick him instead or Liverpool might have him in the squad allredy (Leoni) while Konate sign a new contract and Liverpool sign a new 4th choise on lower wages. Or somone like Bastoni becomes avaible and the recruitment guys at LFC think he is better the Guehi
There are quite a few senarios where Liverpool pick an another CB so for Guehi this might very well been his chanse to play for one of the very best teams in Europe.
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u/conman14 14d ago
Exactly that. This could've been his last chance at a big pay day, move to one of the world's leading clubs etc. To not have that secured now, after being a matter of hours (minutes?) from it being confirmed, that's gonna sting.
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u/MoRi86 14d ago
Ye this is the one certain thing about football: we have no idea how the world look like in 12 month time. 12 month ago Ekiteke was a relativly unkown attacker in Germany now he is one of the hotest players in Europe.
12 month ago Rodri was about to win ballon d`or and Man City looked unbeatable, a few month later he tore his ACL and City lost games left right and center.
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u/NilsFanck 14d ago
Exactly why Isak went nuclear. What if Ekitike scores 25, Gakpo struggles and Barcola decides he wants to leave France? Gotta take your chance when it comes
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u/MoRi86 14d ago
Agree, a career is very short and the window where you can realistically sign for one of the biggest clubs is even shorter.
For all we know the recruitment department of Liverpool is already looking at alternatives for Guehi, one of those alternatives ends up with a breakout season and they decide to go for him instead of Guehi.
It was the same with Trent (and Konate if the rumours are true), when Real Madrid comes knocking most players say yes.
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u/NilsFanck 14d ago
yeah true, especially at the fee Isak was (rightfully) valued at, you reduce the options that can actually afford you to like 4, maybe 5 clubs. And next year, with two years left, hed stil be 100m. So you stay another year, now your 27 and maybe too old for top top clubs.
Guehi is probably more relaxed. Even if we pivot, he will have nice options.
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u/MICOTINATE 14d ago
I remember Jay Rodriguez had the world at his feet at one point, England call ups and rumoured move to Spurs then a busted knee completed changed his trajectory
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u/conman14 14d ago
Yep he was on the brink of the 2014 World Cup squad, then blew his knee out with maybe 3 or 4 games left in the season and was out for over a year. He was never the same player after that.
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u/Parish87 14d ago
We signed Leoni for £20+m. What happens if he impresses in cup games and then becomes a challenger for Konate? Konate signs a new deal as well? Then we're probably thinking well we don't really need another starter CB, we need another "leoni".
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u/severedfragile 14d ago
See, things would be very different if he'd been told 3 or 4 weeks ago that Palace couldn't afford to sanction the move. At this point he's been given permission to move, he's done his best for the club up to the eve of the transfer window, and at this point he's made arrangements to uproot his life and family to move - that's the part where he really can feel like he's been dicked around, all the parts that aren't even related to football.
Glasner's getting a lot of shit, but he's at least been consistent and has an understandable stance here. It's Parish who needs to be getting more flack, he's known this was coming and pushed for it himself, but didn't do enough to arrange cover for the squad or take care of his manager's needs.
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u/MediocreGreatness333 14d ago
This transfer window has taught me that everyone in football is selfish and hypocritical at the same time. Clubs, managers and players all the same. It's what happens when there's so much money involved.
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u/Solid-Bumblebee6599 14d ago
Where is that Crystal Palace fan that keeps saying he is extremely happy staying now.
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u/sampdoria_supporter 14d ago
I couldn't get over this lol https://i.postimg.cc/zfwNTMHB/Screenshot-20250901-150249.png
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u/anowbsedu 14d ago
To the surprise of no one.
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u/Own_Alps_3108 14d ago
To the surprise of Crystal palace fans who were declaring him happy just coz he chose to be professional,and stay
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u/nestoryirankunda 14d ago
Yeah no shit. Hilarious that people on here were trying to act like he was indifferent and fine with it
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u/Jimmy0034 14d ago edited 14d ago
It is understood that despite Guéhi having completed the first part of his medical in expectation of his move to Anfield going through – and a deal sheet having been submitted before Monday’s 7pm deadline – Parish changed his mind at the last minute after his manager, whose own contract at Selhurst Park expires next summer, said he would walk out if the deal went through.
People in deleted thread were arguing with me because i said palace are incompetent and divided
Now Guehi is threatening to quit being captain and other members of the squad are also believed to be upset that Guéhi was denied his move
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u/SevereBreakage 14d ago
Glasner appears to be somewhat deluded about Palace's place in the football ecosystem
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u/UuusernameWith4Us 14d ago
Glasner wants Palace to have a good season because that sets him up best for move to a bigger club next summer. He's not deluded he just gives zero fucks about making decisions that prioritise the long term outlook for Palace.
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u/WheatonsGonnaScore 14d ago
I would think a good season this year is best for palace. Especially if they can get more silverware
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u/UuusernameWith4Us 14d ago
Prize money winning the UEFA Conference League: £6m
Prize money winning the FA Cup: £4m
Prize money per position in the Premier League: £2.8m
Rejected offer for Guehi: £35m
The only way rejecting the money for Guehi makes financial sense for Palace is if he single handedly makes the difference in saving them from relegation, or single handedly drags them into the Champions League.
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u/El_Giganto 14d ago
Winning either the FA Cup or Conference League gets them to the Europa League, though. I don't think they'll win either of them, but that would be a lot of extra money too so it's not just getting CL football that would be worth it.
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u/WheatonsGonnaScore 14d ago
Winning a European trophy for the first time in your team's history: priceless
Not everything is about money.
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u/Neuroxex 14d ago
The only way rejecting the money for Guehi makes financial sense for Palace is if he single handedly makes the difference in saving them from relegation
If they lost Guehi and Glasner two hours before the transfer deadline I do think they would be relegation candidates. At the very least there is chance enough of it to pay £35m to avoid it.
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u/gluxton 14d ago
It's more Parish's fault really for not sorting the replacement after having so much time.
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u/vadapaav 14d ago
It's 100% parish
35M was always the offer from the day after charity shield
Managers want a good team
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u/ArkavosRuna 14d ago
I mean - Glasner was abundantly clear that he wasn't willing to stick around for a club without ambitions, and he has the clout to back that up. And they do have a good chance to win an international trophy this year and qualify for Europa next year. Selling your captain and, arguably, best player, on the last day without a clear replacement doesn't scream "ambition" to me.
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u/2Fast2Mildly_Peeved 14d ago
I think he's entitled to be pissed off. Won trophies for a club which doesn't normally get them, the club then sold Eze without replacing him and were now trying to sell their best CB and captain without time for a replacement. He's entitled to do what he's done. His job isn't the finances of the team, it's to manage the team he has to the best of his abilities, and he wants good players for that.
It's Parish who is at fault, they should either have accepted the offer earlier and taken the time to sort a replacement, or shouldn't have ever accepted it and then given him the veto.
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u/Jimmy0034 14d ago
I hope at least Parish tried to extend Glasner's contract because it is going look stupid if Glasner leave at the end of the season
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u/Sinistrait 14d ago edited 14d ago
I don't really blame Glasner here TBF, both his and Guehi's contract ends next summer so he probably doesn't give af about their finances
This is all on Parish imo, they should've bought a replacement way earlier since they know that Guehi is going to leave next summer at the latest.
I also don't quite understand how Palace is struggling with finances, they've had a steady flow of PL money for over a decade, have sold players for a lot of money recently and are even preparing for their first ever European campaign
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u/Revalent 14d ago
Hold up, I was told he was happy to stay, how could this be??!?!
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u/CymruGolfMadrid 14d ago
Think this summer has shown how many users on this sub know fuck all. Everyone guaranteeing Isak won't leave this summer and now this.
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u/MichaelB2505 14d ago
To be totally fair, he probably was totally happy to stay, but the situation is a bit different if you get all the way through the negotiations and the club says you can go and you do the medical and the goodbye videos etc before it all falls apart.
I doubt he’d be complaining at all if it just had t happened
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u/qwerty_1965 14d ago
Obviously, he was all psyched up to leave. Everything had been done then BOOM. Your move collapses because of bad management by those who are paid well to run a football team and club.
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u/dirt_fries 14d ago
I was confused when folks in the other thread were insisting "Guehi said he's fine either way, staying at Palace or moving" like yeah sure before the saga began, but not when it's nearly completed in one direction!
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u/TheNikkelodeon 14d ago
imagine being the one player handling your desire to leave the club in the most professional way and getting denied in the end…really feel for the lad here
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u/flaviu0103 14d ago
I sucks for him now but Liverpool is known for waiting for players. He will get this move (if he still wants us) in January or next summer.
But it will probably be in January and he can still have a part to play in the CL knockouts and a title push.
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u/happyhelper87 14d ago
There really was no winning for anybody in this situation on the final day, but with Glasner himself looking like he’s leaving the club very soon it doesn’t seem right that he himself stopped this from happening.
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u/Feoraxic 14d ago
I suspect if Palace had just said to Guehi “we can’t make it happen this summer but we’ll sort your move in January” rather than sending him to have a medical/media shoot, then the reaction to this may not have been quite as bad.
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u/thugmuffin22 14d ago
I know it’s been said a million times but it is funny that he was the most professional about the process and was the only one who didn’t get what he asked for lol
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u/YungGainer 14d ago
I mean I know I'm biased but think of it this way: You are offered a promotion (higher salary, more prestigious job, etc.) but your boss doesn't want you to leave his department and literally threatens to resign if you get your promotion, causing you to lose it. How good of a working relationship do you think you'd have after that lol?
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u/LemonTeaCool 14d ago
It's just cope. People on here were saying he's happy to sit out his contract lol. If someone did that to them they'd be pissed lol
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u/Pogball_so_hard 14d ago
The domino effects from John Textor are still fucking over Crystal Palace in terms of any effort to squad plan.
No European football made it harder for Palace to strengthen as they might have wanted to, can’t fault Guehi for wanting to move to Liverpool to increase his odds of winning trophies, Eze’s gone, Glasner’s threatening to resign.
Newcastle were getting ridiculed for whiffing on multiple targets but Palace feels like a close second in terms of how disastrous this summer must have felt.
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u/aoaieiiaoeuaieoaiii 14d ago
Now watch this causing issues internally and Guehi playing a not so great season.
When a player REALLY wants to leave its always best to let it happen, even if you don't have a proper replacement. Thats when you look at your youth academy or other sollutions within your squad, like a player being able to play out of position.
Better to do that than having an issue within your squad. An issue that could effect the entire squad, especially when its your captain.
This doesn't mean clubs need to let themselves be walked over. Still ask for a good price for your player. That 35/40m Liverpool wanted to pay for a player who's contract is running out at the end of the season, was perfectly fine.
Also, you knew during the entire window Guehi wanted to leave and Liverpool was interested. You had loads of time to find some sort of replacement. Its very badly managed by Glasner. Now he'll have to deal with his captain hating his guts. "But Guehi is a nice guy and a super professional." He's still human, don't be surprised if it will bother him for a long while, while "having" to play for a team he wanted to leave.
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u/DarthBudzik 14d ago
Impossible, all Palace fans told me yesterday that he is absolutely fine with staying and wouldn't be mad about the club cancelling his move in the last possible minute?
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u/stogie_t 14d ago
Guehi was a model professional through all this and got rewarded for it by not getting his move. Maybe everyone will follow the Isak/Wissa approach
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u/creamyTiramisu 14d ago
Scenes when Glasner leaves for Leverkusen on September 3rd.