Oliver Glasner has addressed the rumours concerning the way forward for star Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi.
Guehi has been closely linked with a transfer to Newcastle United in current weeks having caught the attention for membership and nation over the past couple of years.
Regardless of the rumours, Guehi wore the captain’s armband and performed the total 90 minutes in Palace’s opening fixture of the 2024/25 Premier League season in opposition to Brentford on Sunday.
The Eagles fell to a 2-1 defeat due to strikes from Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa, both facet of an Ethan Pinnock personal purpose. Nevertheless, Guehi turned in a stable efficiency, finishing 39 of his 41 tried passes, whereas making a match-high 10 clearances. The centre-back additionally registered 4 recoveries and received all 4 of his aerial duels.
Glasner addresses Guehi switch rumours
Naturally given the current hypothesis, Palace supervisor Glasner was quizzed about the way forward for Guehi. Nevertheless, he remained tight-lipped, insisting the defender stays ‘utterly targeted’ on issues at Selhurst Park.
“Everybody can see he’s utterly targeted on Crystal Palace and the sport right now,” Glasner stated (by way of BBC Sport). “The final two days, we didn’t discuss transfers as a result of we targeted on the sport so no information.”
With practically two weeks of the summer time switch window remaining, it could possibly be an extended watch for Palace followers to see whether or not or not they maintain maintain of their talismanic centre-back.
Up subsequent for the Eagles is one other London derby at dwelling to West Ham United on Saturday.
