Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has revealed how he persuaded chairman Steve Parish not to sell Marc Guehi to Liverpool at the end of the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n
A \u00a335m deal had been agreed<\/a> between the two clubs and the defender seemed all set to join the Premier League champions, only for the Selhurst Park outfit to block the move<\/a> in the late hours of deadline day.<\/p>\n The Reds have continued to be strongly linked with the Eagles captain ever since, although The Athletic<\/a>\u2018s Gregg Evans reported on Tuesday that a January switch to Anfield is unlikely given how \u2018complex and difficult\u2019 it\u2019d be to negotiate successfully next month.<\/p>\n As per the\u00a0Daily Briefing<\/a>, Glasner denied suggestions that he\u2019d have resigned if Guehi was sold, but warned that Palace could\u2019ve been left worryingly short if they\u2019d allowed their captain to join Liverpool on deadline day.<\/p>\n The Eagles manager said: \u201cI know what they are capable of and what they are not capable of. I know how many games we have to play. I know players will be leaving for AFCON and I have to judge all of these situations, and then I am talking to the board and the chairman and giving them my advice. <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt was the same with Marc Guehi. Everybody said that I threatened to step back \u2013 that is completely wrong. I said, \u2018If you sell Marc Guehi, and we don\u2019t have the right replacement, we could struggle. If you are fine with this, then sell him.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThen the chairman decided that Marc stays. I just gave my advice, but it is never a wish. It is nothing to do like, \u2018They have to sign players for Oliver Glasner to sign a new contract\u2019.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Some Liverpool fans on social media were quite annoyed with Palace for denying Guehi his move to Anfield at the 11th hour, but we can completely understand Glasner\u2019s position and why he intervened on deadline day.<\/p>\n With the Eagles stepping into the unknown with added Conference League commitments, it would\u2019ve been a monumental body blow for them to lose their captain at the last minute and have no time to sign a replacement.<\/p>\n Put it this way \u2013 imagine how Arne Slot and Reds supporters would\u2019ve felt if, on the afternoon of 1 September 2025, FSG sanctioned the sale of Virgil van Dijk to a domestic rival and were unable to bring in a positional alternative.<\/p>\n It was agonising from a Liverpool perspective to have the Guehi transfer snatched away from us at the 11th hour, and that intervention from Glasner has proven costly for us given our defensive woes ever since (20 Premier League goals conceded already).<\/p>\n However, with the Eagles captain yet to sign a new contract and having just under seven months remaining on his current deal, it\u2019s still viable that LFC could swoop for him in 2026 and might even be able to swerve paying a fee if the 25-year-old becomes a free agent.<\/p>\n It was a blow to miss out on him on deadline day, but FSG could still get their man next year if they approach it in a sufficiently proactive manner.<\/p>\n You can watch Slot\u2019s full pre-Sunderland press conference below, via\u00a0Empire of the Kop<\/a>\u00a0on YouTube:<\/strong><\/p>\nGlasner reveals how he intervened over Guehi transfer<\/h2>\n
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<\/picture>A blow for Liverpool, but Guehi move is still possible in 2026<\/h2>\n