Marc Guehi’s links with a move away from Crystal Palace will not go away anytime soon, and this time there could be competition.
Eagles chairman Steve Parish has been applauded for rejecting Newcastle’s advances for Marc Guehi, but is braced for a fresh fight to keep his star defender in January and next summer.
Newcastle were confident of prising Guehi away from Selhurst Park after tabling an offer worth a club record £70million deal, only for Parish to up his asking price to £75m at the 11th hour.
The Eagles’ stance was helped by the fact Guehi, who has captained Palace in their first three Premier League games, was not actively pushing for the move.
However, talkSPORT has been told Guehi is in no rush to extend contract, which expires at the end of next season.
Not only does that open the door for Newcastle to return with a fresh offer, but will put the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea on alert.
Ten Hag transfer request denied
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag was blocked from re-signing Sofyan Amrabat by the club’s new hierarchy.
Ten Hag presented a case to bring back Amrabat, who had a mixed loan spell last season before impressing in the shock FA Cup final win over Manchester City, but sporting director Dan Ashworth and technical director Jason Wilcox decided to go in a different direction.
talkSPORT understands Everton also explored a move for the Morocco international late in the transfer window, but he has since signed for Fenerbahce on loan from Fiorentina.
United spent £200m on five new face this summer, bringing in Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkzee, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte, and Ten Hag is understood to be fully on board with Wilcox and Ashworth leading their recruitment after the under-pressure Dutchman took a lead role in previous windows.
Still waiting…
Southampton have been left sweating on whether Ajax completed the paperwork to sign Kamaldeen Sulemana on time.
The Ajax hierarchy believe they got the loan deal over the line seconds before the Dutch window closed on Monday.
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But they are awaiting approval from FIFA to ratify the Ghana international’s move to Amsterdam.
If it goes through, there is a £17m buy option included.
Southampton splashed out on a club-record fee of £22m to sign Sulemana from Rennes in February 2023, but he has been a huge disappointment at the club having managed just two goals in 44 appearances.
Wolves star staying put
Arsenal target Dan Bentley is set to sign a new contract at Wolves.
The Gunners were keen to sign Bentley throughout the transfer window to help with their quota of homegrown players.
However, Wolves were reluctant to lose Bentley, who is expected to be number two behind new signing Sam Johnstone – ahead of Jose Sa.
Wolves are ready to trigger the two-year extension in Bentley’s contract, which is up at the end of the season.
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