Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner has accepted that Marc Guehi’s future shall be “the participant’s choice,” amid Liverpool’s curiosity within the defender.
Whereas Glasner confirmed Guehi will captain Crystal Palace in opposition to Liverpool on Sunday, the coach wasn’t as convincing when requested about his skipper’s long-term future.
With the 25-year-old’s contract expiring subsequent summer season, the identical level at which Glasner’s present deal runs out, the supervisor mentioned: “Marc and me – now we have the identical destiny.
“I can’t communicate, it’s important to ask Marc. On the finish, it’s all the time the participant’s choice. Marc decides about his future.
“After all, everyone desires Marc to signal a brand new contract. Will probably be his choice.
“Everyone desires to maintain this squad collectively because it did so properly. I don’t understand how typically this occurs right here at Palace. We by no means know what’s going to occur on this typically loopy switch market.”
Liverpool are broadly credited with focusing on the England worldwide. Nevertheless, with no official bid reported, it seems Palace try to carry out for a value greater than Liverpool are at present providing.
With only a 12 months left on Guehi’s contract, Liverpool are unwilling to satisfy Palace’s asking value of £50 million mentioned the Occasions.
In the meantime, the report additionally states Newcastle have an interest however they, too, aren’t planning to pay £50m for Guehi’s providers.
For the second, the golf equipment are at a stalemate. Palace know that Liverpool, having bought Jarell Quansah, are wanting centre-backs, whereas the Reds know Palace threat dropping Guehi at no cost subsequent summer season.
By way of different defenders linked to Liverpool, Parma defender Giovanni Leoni is essentially the most notable of the three talked about to have been scouted by the Mail‘s Lewis Steele.
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Leoni remains to be solely 18 years of age, turning 19 in December, and he made his skilled debut with Padova in Serie C on the age of 16 years and three months.
He’s comfy taking part in with each toes and is ranked within the sixty fourth percentile for profitable dribbles per 90, whereas a passing accuracy of 88.7 p.c has him within the prime 38 p.c of centre-backs, in response to FotMob.
