Might be an interesting conversation when they next meet if it’s true the manager stopped the players transfer
Good Luck with Glasner trying to motivate Guehi before each game now
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There was no potential replacement, that’s kinda the point.
& again, who are we to tell other clubs what their financial position is? Clearly they’re not backed in a corner where they HAD to sell, are they under PSR restraints? Nope. They’ve just missed out on millions more by being refused into the EL.
Glasner picked Guehi in both their European games, as well as the Villa game…alarm bells should’ve been ringing, Glasner never had any doubt Guehi would leave as the conditions of his sale wasn’t met.
And we made the move when we felt, or were informed, that Palace would be ready to negotiate.
Palace have one more chance to cash in or it becomes a matter out of their hands.
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This to me is a key point. We should have had a plan B. I’ve never heard of a team playing a player so close to the edge of a transfer window.
Palace look good, tbh.
If they nab an EL spot they won’t give a fuck about the cash, and if they do finish that high Glasner will have his pick of many very nice jobs.
My point is Palace are either not acting in good faith or are simply inept. I’d rather not deal with them any more.
A whole season is a long time. Injuries can happen, other clubs can turn his head. It’s a bit amateurish for us to bank that he is coming.
They agreed a deal, then pulled out of it. It’s not Liverpools fault that Palace fucked up with replacing him. The dogs in the street knew Liverpool were bidding, so Palace had weeks to organise a replacement. They should have issued hands off, or honoured the deal.
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All it’s done is prevented us from getting a centre back. We could have gone for someone else. Look, Hincapie was available
I wonder if Guehi, and Palace, will issue a statement at some point. One way or another the questions will be asked and a response (scripted or otherwise) expressed.
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Is Leoni not the plan B? (More of a safety net than plan B)
I know the level is very different but if Palace had flat out said no two weeks ago and then we’d gone and got Leoni instead I think there’d be more excitement around him.
Would have liked Guehi but he wasn’t a critical signing after we got Leoni.
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He’s their player so the choice belongs to them but I think once they allowed him go for the medical they should have seen the deal through,not necessarily for us but for the player who acted professionally and respectfully right up till this point,
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We had two distinct parts of the window. One where were supremely effective and got impressive shit done early and without fuss, and then this second bit iover the past month and a bit. Both clubs we ended up in protracted situations with spent a period of this year going through tumultuous executive level shake ups with uncertainty over who is calling the shots at the football club and who was acting as the DoF. Maybe there is a lesson in there somewhere about picking your negotiating partner well…or maybe only do that when its a player you think you can afford to be patient on.
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It happens all the time. Obviously its more dramatic on deadline day but it is what it is.
Liverpool just did the same to Milan re Joe Gomez.
I agree, Crystal Palace made a mess of this deal.
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At least Leoni can win a header.
Fuck Guehi.
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Doesn’t matter how good a player is or how much he wants to come to us. If the club he is with are unwilling/ muddled/inept then we should walk away. It’s a waste of our time and disruptive to our squad
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Until someone suffers an injury and decides to pay CP a big fee to get him in January or offer him a better wage to sign with them in July. Hell, a part of me wondered if Arsenal was going to try to hijack the move after Saliba got hurt.
I’m not usually one for conspiracy theories, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the PL played a role here to give the 19 other clubs a glimmer of hope.
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They posted a derisory offer. We didn’t even sanction a medical. So, they’re quite different aren’t they?
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