Steve Parish and Oliver Glasner offered different perspectives on the uncertain future of the crystal palace captain Marc Guehi.
The central defender only has a year in his deal in Selhurst Park and will therefore leave free of charge next summer.
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Since Palace Eberechi Eze already lost to Arsenal, a Guehi departure for the FA Cup winner would create another big blow.
And after a 1-0 win against Fredrikstad FK in the first leg of her play-off tie, he insisted that he had to stay.
“I only know if Marc is going and is not available for Fredrikstad. We will have big problems, that’s pretty clear,” he said in his press conference.
“We can’t register anyone, so he has to stay on my side.
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“We played with Jeff Lerma at the back today, he is a midfielder,” added Glasner. “We currently have no central defender.
“And when Marc goes … I’ll try my boots because I was a central defender and this could be a good option, I will think about it.”
With regard to Channel 5, however, the chairman of the municipality indicated that the club may have to sell Guehi in order to meet the UEFA rules and regulations.
“If Marc wants to sign a contract, he can stay. If he doesn’t want to sign a contract, we have to look at it. It is a difficult situation.
“Every club like us and especially when they are in Europe, the financial rules are much narrower than the Premier League. Everyone has to sell players to comply with the rules.
“So, players who leave a free free is not an ideal situation for the football club. I will not pretend that this is the case. So that’s a situation that we have to look at in the next 11 days.”
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What does the future think for Guehi?
Guehi is one of the most important players in the Palace since Chelsea was signed in 2021.
He presented 158 times for the Eagles in all competitions and carried the bracelet in the FA Cup final against Manchester City.
Its consistency and quality for Palace has sparked the Premier League master Liverpool all summer.
The red have held exploration talks for Guehi to supply Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate with additional competition.
Palace value of the England International with around £ 40 million, months after the rejection of a bid of 70 million GBP from Tottenham.
But talk sport understands that Guehi is ready to find out the last months of his contract in South London.
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After winning the Community Shield against Liverpool, Parish admitted that they might have to sell the 25-year-old.
Guehi then played on the opening weekend of the Premier League in Chelsea in Chelsea and seemed to be Blank Glasner full -time.
However, he returned to the start -xi to visit Fredrikstad when Palace urged the Conference League League phase.
The second stage of your play-off round will be played on August 28, with the main draw takes place the following day.