Marc Guehi to Liverpool takes twist as real reason emerges for failed transfer

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Liverpool missed out on signing Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi in the summer. 15:41, Sun, Oct 12, 2025 Updated: 15:41, Sun, Oct 12, 2025 Liverpool missed out on signing Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi in the summer (Image: Lewis Storey/Getty Images)Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has revealed his club's historic debut European campaign was behind the decision to block captain Marc Guehi's dream switch to Liverpool.

The Premier League champions had struck a £35million agreement with Palace on transfer deadline day for the England defender.Guehi was granted permission to complete his medical in London on September 1. Reports also surfaced on the evening that Palace manager Oliver Glasner, who was determined to retain Guehi, had threatened to quit if the star player departed south London.

"It's as simple as that these things are never black and white."I decided in the end that, based on the advice that I got and with what I think, that we would have a better season if we kept Marc.Liverpool target Marc Guehi has enjoyed an outstanding start to the season with Crystal Palace (Image: Getty)"We don't guess about these things. If you look at it rationally, if you look at what is worth the place in the Premier League, the fact that we're in the Conference League for the first time in our history, this is a fairly unusual set of circumstances in which to keep a player."If we were fighting between the difference of 10th and 14th, if that was going to be the difference between keeping Marc and letting Marc go, then probably we would have said: 'Right, we should take the money.'" Read next Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.