Glasner never thought Guehi would leave Palace
Marc Guehi will be staying at Crystal Palace, with coach Oliver Glasner having never been in doubt that would be the case.
Guehi, who impressed for England at UEFA Euro 2024, has been the subject of multiple offers from Newcastle United.
However Palace boss Glasner confirmed the defender would be staying at Selhurst Park on Friday, just ahead of the transfer window closing.
The Palace boss insists he never held any fears Guehi would join his now former central-defensive partner Joachim Andersen in leaving the club.
"I can confirm [he will stay]," Glasner said ahead of this weekend Premier League clash with Guehi's former club Chelsea.
"But I was never in doubt. Congratulations to our owners because they didn't give in.
"Thank you to Marc, he was always open with me. All the rumours didn't influence his performances.
"He always told me that he's not pushing to leave Crystal Palace and that is always the most important thing for me."
Palace has lost both of its Premier League games this season, while Chelsea goes into the match at Stamford Bridge on the back of a 6-2 thrashing of Wolverhampton Wanderers last week.
However, the Blues lost 2-1 to Servette in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers on Thursday, albeit still progressing on aggregate.
Despite the defeat, Enzo Maresca is not concerned that Chelsea will be hampered by playing in Europe.
He said: "It is a competition where we are going to try and do our best in.
"I think tonight, once again, the team shows in the way we started that the team was there. Then the game, we concede; they had some chances and we lost a little bit of confidence.
"It's one more competition. We have [UEFA] Conference League, Premier League, FA Cup, the EFL Cup – they are all competitions where we are going to try and do our best and then we will see where we arrive."
