Overview
- Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish said selling Guéhi on deadline day would have been a “significant risk” to the team’s season after Liverpool made an offer.
- Manager Oliver Glasner has confirmed Guéhi rejected a new contract and will leave at the end of the campaign.
- Reports state the defender travelled to Liverpool for medical tests before Palace pulled the plug on the move late in the window.
- Real Madrid are reported to be confident of landing Guéhi on a free, with Bayern Munich meeting his agent and Barcelona, Inter Milan and Liverpool also tracking the situation.
- Parish has strongly hinted Palace will keep their captain through the season, leaving foreign clubs able to negotiate a pre-contract from January under FIFA rules.