Marc Guehi of Crystal Palace arrives at the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on August 17, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)placeholder image
Marc Guehi of Crystal Palace arrives at the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on August 17, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Liverpool are keen to sign Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi before the summer transfer window shuts.
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says that finding a replacement for Marc Guehi will be ‘almost impossible’ amid Liverpool’s interest.
The centre-back is on Liverpool’s radar ahead of the transfer window closing on Monday. Guehi is in the final year of his Palace contract and chairman Steve Parish has suggested that they would reluctantly sanction a sale.
Guehi, who is the Eagles’ captain, has started all five games so far this season. He skippered the club to Community Shield success over Liverpool via a penalty shootout at Wembley, while Palace have qualified for the Europa Conference League after edging past Norwegian side Fredrikstad.
The South London side have been linked with potential replacements for Guehi, including Sporting CP’s Ousmane Diomande. But Glasner, speaking ahead of his side’s Premier League fixture against Aston Villa on Sunday, says that it will be extremely difficult to get someone over-ready to fill the void of England international Guehi.
The Palace boss said: “From my side, he has to [still be a Crystal Palace player] because it's not possible at the moment to find a Marc Guehi replacement who can play straight in the Premier League, being a starter for Crystal Palace, being consistent. When we see our foundation of success in the last couple of months and going into the group stage, it's our defence. We have conceded just one goal in the Premier League this is our foundation and Marc is a crucial part. Getting the right replacement in now is almost impossible.
“He shows in every game he is focused and, again, if Marc had said at one moment: ‘I want to leave Crystal Palace’ the deal would have happened already weeks ago. Because he his situation, and nobody is to blame for it, if a player has one year left on his contract and the player said: ‘I definitely want to leave’ a deal would happen at every single club. So Marc is fully committed to the team.”
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