The champions finally signed Alexander Isak from Newcastle, paying an English-record £125m for the striker to end the saga of the summer.
However, Palace pulled the plug to ensure that Guehi will remain in south London until January at least.
According to The Guardian, Guehi is angry after being denied the move and is considering whether to continue with the armband.
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As the deadline loomed closer, an extraordinarily public power struggle broke out between the club’s manager Oliver Glasner and chairman Steve Parish. Glasner was desperate for Guehi to stay; Parish wanted to sell.
“If he doesn’t want to sign a contract, we have to look at it,” Parish told Channel 5 after Palace’s 1-0 win over Fredrikstad in the first leg of their Conference League qualifying play-off tie on 21 August.
Shortly afterwards, a frustrated Glasner addressed the media.
“We missed replacing him early enough. That’s completely our fault and nobody else’s.”
“We [Glasner and Parish] had a meeting in March… and we have an agreement that we could sell Marc if we have the right replacement in,” he revealed.
Palace did buy a centre-back on deadline day, but Jaydee Canvot, bought for around £20m, has only recently turned 19 and made just 20 Ligue 1 appearances for Toulouse.
Glasner was desperate for Guehi to remain at Palace (Photo: Reuters)
Managers are rarely as bullish regarding potential player sales as Glasner has been, but he is in a stronger position than most.
Like Guehi, his contract is due to expire next summer. He has been linked with Bayer Leverkusen, who sacked Erik ten Hag after just two league games at the weekend, although reports in Germany indicate that Edin Terzic and Xavi are the leading contenders.
Glasner is arguably the club’s most valuable asset, even more so than England internationals Guehi and Adam Wharton and star striker Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Palace fans will be relieved that Glasner is still in charge and happy that Guehi, an elite central defender, may stay for potentially another golden season.
Glasner has every chance of winning that competition too, given that two of its four winners have been Premier League clubs.
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There was a welcome flurry of activity at the end of the window, with Yeremy Pino, Canvot and Christantus Uche joining earlier recruits Borna Sosa and Walter Benitez.
It all happened a little late for Glasner’s liking too. Wharton and Ismaila Sarr have both withdrawn from international duty with muscle injuries after playing six games in the space of 21 days for Palace.
Parish, Glasner and Guehi are Palace’s most senior individuals in the boardroom, management team and playing squad.
In the end, Parish ceded to Glasner’s wishes, perhaps begrudgingly accepting that a happy Glasner is worth more to Palace right now than £35m in the bank. Only time will tell whether that was the right call.
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