Marc Guéhi Will Leave Crystal Palace Next Year After Rejecting Contract Offer

Oliver Glasner has revealed nan Crystal Palace captain, Marc Guéhi, has told nan nine he does not want to motion a caller statement and will time off adjacent year.

The England defender’s woody expires astatine nan extremity of nan play and it is understood that Guéhi has rejected each attempts to seduce him to prolong his enactment successful southbound London aft starring Palace to their FA Cup triumph successful May.

The 25-year-old had looked group to subordinate Liverpool successful nan summertime until nan Palace chair, Steve Parish, pulled nan plug connected his move a fewer hours earlier nan transportation deadline.

Guéhi was said to person been near highly unhappy astir nan illness of his move but has put that down him and continued to excel for Palace. However, Glasner confirmed earlier Palace’s gathering pinch Bournemouth astatine Selhurst Park connected Saturday that Guéhi has already signalled his volition to depart.

“I deliberation Marc has already told america that he doesn’t motion a caller contract, truthful he will time off adjacent year,” said nan Palace manager. “The nine wanted [him to stay]. They offered Marc a caller contract. But he said: ‘No, I want to make thing different’.

“And that’s normal. And for us, it’s really we tin woody pinch this situation? [What] is nan champion measurement to get this adjacent measurement done? And that’s each astir really we are talking together.”

Guéhi, who is believed to person beardown liking from Real Madrid and Barcelona arsenic good arsenic Liverpool, will beryllium free to motion a pre-contract statement pinch a overseas nine erstwhile nan January transportation model opens connected New Year’s Day 2026.

Meanwhile, Glasner confirmed he has opened talks complete extending his statement astatine Palace. It besides expires astatine nan extremity of nan play but the 51-year-old Austrian warned that it could dangle connected whether nan nine tin proceed to build connected their first awesome trophy.

‘We are looking for nan correct moments to talk. The nine are not successful a rush,’ says Oliver Glasner. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images

“We are talking, but we person 19 games to play earlier nan caller year,” Glasner said. “I americium present to do nan champion for Crystal Palace and triumph arsenic galore games arsenic possible. With each nan things astir nan games, location are not galore evenings aliases days erstwhile we tin talk astir my statement pinch my attraction connected it. There is truthful overmuch going on, nan players and nine merit 100% Oliver Glasner. I don’t want to beryllium distracted.

“We are looking for nan correct moments to talk. The nine are not successful a rush. I met Steve 4 aliases 5 times this week. He appreciates that I americium ever giving 100% and I admit our unfastened and honorable communication.”

He added: “It’s not astir Oliver Glasner’s thoughts, it’s besides nan chairman, each nan employees, nan owners. It’s extending nan stadium capacity. Building a caller guidelines has been a task for years and it’s what nan nine wants. It’s important to get much revenue.

“In immoderate institution wherever 2 leaders person different visions, you spell abstracted ways and can’t execute your goals. This is what we are talking about. If we tin find nan aforesaid pathway and extremity for Crystal Palace, past we will extremity nan talks and if we can’t, we will besides extremity nan talks.”