Crystal Palace defied the odds on Saturday by beating Manchester City at Wembley to lift the FA Cup trophy - their first ever major domestic honour.
It has been a huge season for the underdogs with Nottingham Forest doing so well in the Premier League, Newcastle United beating all of the Premier League's top teams on the way to lifting the Carabao Cup, and now Crystal Palace making sure Manchester City finish the season empty-handed.
You suspect that Newcastle will have had an eye on the FA Cup final at the weekend, with a couple of Crystal Palace players on their transfer wishlist heading into the summer.
Newcastle have an eye on Eberechi Eze, but they are more interested in Palace centre-back Marc Guehi, with a summer bid expected again.
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Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle all want Marc Guehi
Marc Guehi is still expected to leave Crystal Palace
Marc Guehi was Newcastle's main transfer target last summer, but they couldn't get a deal done. But now he's entering the final year of his deal at Palace, the negotiating power has swung in Newcastle's favour.
However, now Palace have lifted silverware and qualified for Europe for the first time ever, could he be having second thoughts?
The Standard believes that nothing has changed on the Guehi front despite this success. Oliver Glasner and the board are aligned, and they want fresh blood, which means Marc Guehi is still likely to be sold.
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If we must sign Marc Guehi can we at least mess Steve Parish around a bit first?
Whether Newcastle will ultimately be his destination remains to be seen. There have been rumours that he could see out this final year and leave Palace for free next summer, with a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona mooted.
Despite being messed about by Steve Parish last summer, Newcastle remain keen to re-enter talks this summer, with Eddie Howe seeing Guehi as the ideal player for his defence.
We just hope that Newcastle can get one over on Parish this year. We owe him for his bad-faith negotiations last summer.