Crystal Palace stood their ground on £50m transfer bids amid Marc Guehi to Liverpool saga
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Jean-Philippe Mateta was the subject of offers, but remained at Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace rejected mulitple bids worth £50million for Jean-Philippe Mateta as they fought to keep their top talent this summer - eventually pulling the plug on Marc Guehi's move to Liverpool.
The Eagles, off the back of their FA Cup success, faced a battle to keep their top talent throughout the summer.
Eberechi Eze was the man to eventually move on with the winger beginning the year at the club, before moving to Arsenal in a deal worth £68million.
Mateta didn't court as much attention as Eze and Guehi, who was linked with Arsenal and Liverpool, but the striker was the subject of hefty offers from clubs who were playing in the Champions League.
Palace rejected those and the player never downed tools or pushed for a move, reports Sky Sports.
The Frenchman has scored 36 times across the last two seasons and proved himself to be one of the Premier League's top strikers.
They had been in for Eze before Arsenal swooped in and considered Mateta on deadline day prior to securing a move for PSG's Randal Kolo Muani.
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Oliver Glasner had been critical of Palace's "passive" nature in the summer transfer window as he faced the prospect of losing more of his best players.
It leaves Palace facing the prospect of losing Guehi for nothing despite previously rejecting bids of £60m from Newcastle with chairman Steve Parish confessing they would not allow that to happen.
Marc Guehi was hoping to complete a move to Liverpool(Image: Ryan Pierse, Getty Images)
Guehi scored in Sunday's win over Aston Villa in what could've been his last appearance.
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