Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi is the topic of curiosity from Tottenham in the summertime switch window, based on a recent replace.
How is Guehi doing this season?
The Eagles might not be having season presently, sitting twelfth within the Premier League and never successful within the competitors since New 12 months’s Day, however Guehi has actually been one in all their higher gamers. The Englishman has began 27 of his facet’s 28 league matches, averaging 3.7 clearances per recreation and 1.6 tackles per recreation.
Guehi’s partnership on the again with Joachim Andersen has continued to be strong, regardless of Palace’s struggles on the different finish of the pitch, and so they stay essential figures heading into the long run. It might not be simple for the south Londoners to maintain maintain of him, nonetheless, with larger golf equipment probably seeking to signal him on the finish of the season.
Now, a brand new replace has emerged – one that implies the 22-year-old might transfer on however stay in London this summer time.
Might Guehi be off to Spurs?
In line with Soccer Insider‘s Pete O’Rourke, Guehi “is on the high of Tottenham’s record” forward of the summer time window, with managing director Fabio Paratici seeing him as a “vastly thrilling prospect” to convey to the membership. The report goes on to state that “Palace are wanting between £50-60million for the younger defender in the event that they keep within the Premier League, with that price set to be slashed in the event that they endure relegation”.
Guehi is contracted to Palace till the summer time of 2026, placing the Eagles in a robust bargaining place, by way of wanting an enormous switch price for his providers.
In fact, it’s no nice shock to see a membership of Spurs’ stature eager to signal Guehi in the summertime, with the defender somebody with enormous potential who has been described as each “huge” and an “absolute tank” by Stoke Metropolis goalkeeper Josef Bursik. At 22, he ought to solely develop into an much more polished and dominant centre-back because the years go, probably even turning into a mainstay of England’s defence finally, having gained three caps for the Three Lions up to now.
The hope is that Palace maintain onto Guehi, after all, and their solely probability of attaining that purpose is that if they continue to be within the Premier League this season, which ought to act as an enormous incentive to remain within the high flight and put an finish to this dreadful latest run of type.
