Sky Sports have now confirmed that Newcastle’s United’s third bid for Marc Guehi has been formally rejected by Crystal Palace.
It’s believed our latest proposal was worth £60m in total, with the club offering an initial £55m plus a further £5m in add-ons. However, this was officially turned down by Palace in the last 24 hours, despite Steve Parish’s comments earlier this week indicating that an agreement wasn’t close.
Sky’s Keith Downie insists that the deal is not dead, with the two clubs ‘still trying to find a solution’, but Toon chiefs are also ‘looking at alternatives’ to the England international in case a transfer to St James’ Park does not materialise.
Downie suggested earlier today that Palace were demanding at least £65m for their captain and insisted that he’s our top defensive target who we’ll push to sign over the final two weeks of the window.
We’ve been hoping for a compromise and waiting patiently for a major signing that improves our first team, but you get the feeling we’ll have to match their £65m demands or look elsewhere if we want to recruit a right-footed centre-back anytime soon.
Newcastle have third bid rejected by Crystal Palace for Marc Guehi 🚨
The bid was £55m plus £5m in add-ons for England defender 🏴 pic.twitter.com/azqfl4k51A
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 15, 2024
Can’t blame Steve Parish here considering Chelsea paid £70 million for Fofana the bar’s been set for prices even if they are way to much crazy world were in now regarding players value
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‘Fishes & sea’ come to mind. Parrish is playing hard Ball! Move on, there are other options available.
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I don’t blame Palaces approach here we need to either pay up or move on and personally I think we should move on.
I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea but Chalobah is available for half that amount if we are looking at prem lge experience.
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