Newcastle United’s chase of Marc Guehi has come to an end as Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has stated that the defender will not be leaving the team before the transfer window closes.
The Eagles have turned down all four of the Magpies’ offers for the center defender, who they have been after all summer.
While it has been a trying period for Newcastle, Palace has ultimately benefited from holding onto one of their greatest players.
Guehi’s loss would have been a major blow to the south London team’s defense, considering they did trade Joachim Anderson to Fulham.
Glasner is delighted to put the saga to rest and has praised the England international for remaining committed and professional throughout.
‘Yes I can confirm [he will stay]. But I was never in doubt,’ Glasner told a press conference on Friday. ‘Congratulations to our owners because they didn’t give in.
‘Thank you to Marc, he was always open with me. All the rumours didn’t influence his performances. He always told me that he’s not pushing to leave Crystal Palace and that is always for me the most important thing.’
Crystal Palace are expected to complete moves for Eddie Nketiah from Arsenal and Maxence Lacroix from Wolfsburg on deadline day, but neither will feature at Chelsea on Sunday.
‘No new player will be available for Sunday but we trust in all the players that are here,’ said Glasner.
As for Newcastle, it has been a disappointing summer for them, selling talented youngsters Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh while their biggest signings have been Lewis Hall and Williams Osula.
‘I’m not going to sit here and say this has been a brilliant transfer window for us. I don’t know if expecting (more business) is the right word, but we are hopeful of course,’ said Newcastle boss Eddie Howe on Friday.
‘When we start out and go into the window, you know there’s various parts of the squad that needed looking at, work and needed to improve.
‘It’s the same wish for everyone working inside Newcastle, we’ve got to find the right solutions but they’ve got to be the right solutions. The worst thing we could do is bring in the wrong players, the wrong players could harm us for the future.’