Oliver Glasner insists Marc Guehi has to stay at Crystal Palace for at least their Conference League play-off second leg and says the club should have replaced Eberechi Eze earlier in the window. Liverpool are interested in signing Guehi, who has entered the final year of his contract, while Eze is set to move to Arsenal after the clubs agreed a £67.
5m deal on Wednesday. Glasner admitted that Palace knew there was a high chance that Eze would leave this summer and that we missed replacing him early. Thats completely our fault and nobody elses fault.
With less than two weeks of the window to go, a blunt Glasner also added: We are very, very late. Its 10 days to go [until the transfer window closes] to find the right replacements. I think we could have done much better than we did.
Its no criticism, its just telling facts. Report: Crystal Palace 1-0 FredrikstadAs it happened | Teams | Match statsTransfer Centre LIVE! | Crystal Palace news & transfers🦅Got Sky? Watch PL games LIVE on your phone📱Guehi started and captained Palace to a 1-0 victory in the first leg of their Conference League tie against Fredrikstad on Thursday night, but the registration deadline has since passed, meaning no new signings can feature in the second leg next week.
Glasner joked he is considering filling in at centre-back if Guehi were to leave before the match on August 28, four days before the window closes on September 1, amid his concerns over the lack of depth in his squad.
Today, we had 17 on-field players available. One from the academy, two players we already told that they should leave the club. So that means were with 14 and having six games from the 10th of August until the 31st.
This group, I know we can rely on them. I trust them completely. But its really not the best way you should start into the season. With the results, third game, no defeat, thats all good. But I think we are below the edge.
I just know if Marc leaves and is not available for Frederikstad, we will have big troubles. Thats pretty clear. We cant register anyone. So from my side, he has to stay. We played with Jeff Lerma in the back today.
Hes a midfield player. We have no centre-back available at the moment. If Marc leaves, I will try my boots because I was a centre-back, and this could be a good option. I will think about it. But in contrast, Parish said: If Marc wants to sign a contract, then he can stay! It is a difficult situation.
If you are in Europe, the financial rules are a lot tighter than in the Premier League. Players leaving on a free is not ideal. We will have to look at it over the next 11 days. Not replacing Eze sooner is our faultGlasner also hit out at Palace over not replacing Eze sooner.
I cant do anything. I cant sign the players. I cant sign a players contract. So we have to act. We need this. This is Crystal Palaces future, he said. We need to add not numbers. Its easy to add 10 numbers.
We need the right players. The profile is defined for months. Its not surprising for everyone that Ebs left. Honestly, its not surprising. Five days earlier, we couldnt have done anything if he leaves.
We knew that the chance was very high that this would happen. Honestly, and I say it like it is, we missed replacing him early enough. Thats completely our fault and nobody elses fault. We will look to get the quality we canOn Ezes departure, Parish added: We have to move past it.
He has been fantastic for us and we are pleased he will go on to fulfill his ambitions. We have to find other players to support the team and Oliver Glasner. We will bring in players, it is about finding the right players.
I dont think Oliver wants too many, I think it is the right number. It is about getting the balance right, we are a bit thin anyway. We are working on what we are working on and will look to get the quality we can.
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