According to The Mail, Crystal Palace were all set to accept Newcastle’s £70m bid for Marc Guehi until an injury forced the Eagles into a re-think.
Chief reporter Sami Mokbel reports that we held positive talks earlier in the week, leaving Palace ‘ready to accept’ our fifth bid of £65m plus £5m in add-ons. However, a knee injury to centre-back Chadi Riad saw co-owner Steve Parish up their asking price.
Riad – a £14m signing from Real Betis – is expected to be out for ‘at least’ two months following a suspected MCL knee injury and it’s believed Palace upped their demands to £65m plus £10m in add-ons as a result.
Newcastle will understand Palace’s concerns, especially when the Eagles have just sold fellow centre-back Joachim Andersen to Fulham for £30m. However, another price hike may have tipped us over the edge and forced the club to walk away, with a £75m package for Guehi seeming well beyond his market value.
If the Guehi deal is all but over unless Palace lower their demands, it makes you question why alternatives aren’t in place. They should be, but if Palace’s stance has changed so late in the window due to Riad’s injury and other options are no longer attainable – Tapsoba is staying at Leverkusen and Simakan is off to Saudi – it may be too late to react.
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-08-29 17:55:03
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