Tottenham Hotspur made one of the most ambitious attempts of January’s transfer window with a £70 million bid for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, but what is the likelihood of Spurs succeeding with a summer approach?
Crystal Palace reject £70 million bid from Tottenham for Marc Guehi
A story which took everyone off-guard was Spurs chairman Daniel Levy’s swoop for the England international, and he was even willing to break the club’s transfer record in a dramatic late move.
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Guehi has just under 18 months left on his Selhurst Park contract, so you can make a very serious case that £70 million is a very generous offer, but it is one that still didn’t tempt Palace chairman Steve Parish into doing business midway through the campaign.
Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge was left stunned by the news on deadline day, praising Palace’s solidarity in rebuffing such a mammoth bid considering Guehi’s contract situation.
“There’s always a story out of nowhere, and the story we are getting now – first called by David Ornstein of The Athletic – is that Crystal Palace have rejected a bid of £70million for Marc Guehi, the Crystal Palace captain and England international,” said Bridge (via GiveMeSport).
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“That is a major development, and of course, that’s major, major money as well that Crystal Palace have reportedly turned down. Given his contract length, that’s a real show of solidarity and support from Palace’s side in keeping Guehi.
“What we brought to you last summer about the four rejected bids from Newcastle, and as we said in our transfer show, Guehi wanted to stay and was happy to stay.”
While Guehi will remain a Palace player until the end of the season at least, there is every chance the 24-year-old departs south London this summer, and there could be reason to believe that another marquee offer from Spurs will be more tempting.
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However, unfortunately for Ange Postecoglou and co, they may have missed the boat when it comes to striking an agreement for Guehi’s services.
According to journalist Dean Jones, speaking on the GiveMeSport YouTube channel, Guehi is actually more likely to join Chelsea than Tottenham.
“I had some scepticism when I first saw they went in for him. I’d heard nothing about it. At Tottenham I have some reasonable contacts, but it wasn’t something I’d heard before all of this,” Jones said.
“They probably sensed that this was their big chance to go and do it because the likelihood is that Marc Guehi would choose to go to Chelsea, I’ve heard that for a long time now, and that will probably still be the case if Guehi leaves Crustal Palace at the end of the season then that’s where he ends up.”