Guehi will cost 'superstar money' - Palace chairman

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Any nine wanting to motion Crystal Palace and England defender Marc Guehi must salary "superstar money", says nan club's co-owner and president Steve Parish.

Newcastle have made 3 offers for Guehi pinch nan latest understood to beryllium successful nan region of £60m.

Guehi was 1 of nan standout performers for England astatine Euro 2024 and played six of nan 7 games successful nan competition, only missing nan quarter-final done suspension.

The 24-year-old has been tracked by clubs crossed Europe since excelling for nan Eagles aft signing successful 2021, and has nether 2 years near connected his contract.

“We’d for illustration to support clasp of him. There’s a value and a business wherever we mightiness see it," Parish told BBC Sport.

“Somebody [in different interview] said he’s a superstar, truthful personification has sewage to salary superstar money.

“Realistically, homegrown, 24 years old, sensational talent, personification has to make it difficult for us. At nan infinitesimal it isn’t. He’ll still beryllium astatine Crystal Palace astatine nan moment, but it’s not impossible.

“He is surely not making anybody’s life difficult, his agents are decent people.

“It’s a very bully situation. Whether he is present aliases not will make nary quality to really he performs.”

Parish said astir respective different Palace players, including Fulham's 2nd connection for Guehi’s cardinal protect partner Joachim Andersen, believed to beryllium £25m positive £5m successful add-ons.

Palace rejected Fulham’s first bid of £20m connected Monday, and worth nan Denmark world astatine person to £40m.

“That’s an absorbing 1 because I can’t ideate a business wherever we would suffer some of our centre-halves,” Parish said.

“Again, Joachim, he’s a typical lad and very overmuch astatine nan bosom of what we do. He’s for illustration our backmost astatine nan bosom of that backmost three, a sensational footballer.

“We person sewage to beryllium and deliberation astir what is nan correct point to do, what nan players want to do. If some of them are still present astatine nan extremity of nan model I wouldn’t beryllium surprised.”

The Eagles person already sold prima subordinate Michael Olise to Bayern Munich for £50m and are braced for liking successful England world Eberechi Eze.

Eze was of liking to champions Manchester City past play but they signed Matheus Nunes instead. Parish says location has not been immoderate "concrete interest" successful nan guardant this transportation window.

“Everyone is successful a trading shortage successful nan Premier League. If you want constancy, you person to first of each pull nan correct talent and portion of that is showing them a pathway.

“Players for illustration Michael [Olise] going to Bayern and going to nan apical clubs successful nan world shows group that coming to Crystal Palace you tin get picked for your country, you tin spell and play astatine nan highest level.

“What do we hope? One time we are nan Champions League nine that everybody wants to travel to, we’re nan Europa League nine that everybody wants to travel to.

“Up until past we person to beryllium realistic. We person to activity pinch nan players, activity pinch nan sporting department, we person to make judge we person a bully squad and we are making smart decisions astir recruitment - buying and selling.”

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