Crystal Palace chairman, Steve Parish, has finally been forced to break his silence on the Marc Guehi transfer saga with Newcastle United. Mr Parish only just calmed his stance over the move for the player, which he did publicly, and now he has to explain himself. This was against the background of frustrations among Newcastle United fans who believed their club should have taken a walk from the moment Parish went public with the deal.
Parish moved to explain what went wrong in the deal: the sale of another key player and an unexpected injury that left Crystal Palace with limited options. Parish explained the intricacies of the situation that concluded with Marc Guehi staying at Crystal Palace despite the huge interest from Newcastle United.
Key Reasons for Guehi’s Transfer Failure
Steve Parish said the major reason Marc Guehi stayed at Crystal Palace was that Fulham’s surprise, high-priced sale of defender Joachim Andersen had already happened. Both were Crystal Palace’s regular starting center-halves, he explained, so selling them both in the same transfer window would have weakened the backline too much for the team’s liking.
‘We accepted that bid, now, for Andersen, which then made it very difficult really to sell both of our starting center-backs in one window,” Parish said. He, afterward, complemented that there was an injury to the player, Chadi Riad, which complicated things; afterward, however, the injury was not as serious as it had been thought.
Those facts combined, for Parish, made it “impossible” for Crystal Palace to do a deal with Newcastle United for Guehi at this time. It was far from being ruled out, but with two defenders already ruled out and the other sidelined by an injury that was at least temporary, Crystal Palace just couldn’t do without one more.
A Possible Future Deal for Marc Guehi?
Steve Parish hinted that Marc Guehi can always materialize for a transfer in the future, even though the deal was not successful. He praised Newcastle for having the drive to make it to the Champions League but mentioned that Crystal Palace holds no qualms against players who want better for themselves.
“We want to be selling to the top clubs, or top clubs like Newcastle United who’ve got great aspirations and have recently been in the Champions League,” Parish said, indicating the club does not begrudge players their ambition to compete at the highest level. He explained that Crystal Palace acted as some sort of a stepping stone to help the young talents get what they wanted, so Marc Guehi was another example of allowing players to move on when their time comes. He added that this would help Crystal Palace remain in good books because other future signings would look up to them.
Conclusion
The Marc Guehi transfer saga between Crystal Palace and Newcastle United may be over with no deal struck, but Steve Parish has explained why it was not done. The sale of Joachim Andersen and then an injury scare left CrystalPalace in a position whereby selling both of their key defenders was just not viable. While Parish did not shut the door to probably, sometime in the future, seeing Guehi move to a top club like Newcastle United, he has kept alive the chance that more will happen in future talks. Marc Guehi is an important cog in Crystal Palace’s defense for now, but his possible future transfer hangs in the balance.
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