The Athletic’s Sam Lee has suggested in an interview for the Let Me Talk podcast that City trail Liverpool and Arsenal in the pursuit of the Palace defender.
He said: « On Monday night, I was told by somebody who knows what’s going on at City, but also I think probably Palace as well, he said he thinks Guehi wants to stay until the summer and he prefers Liverpool [to City] in any case.
« Somebody else messaged me on Twitter and I know he’s very good on other club stuff, he was like: ‘Yeah, he wants to stay until the summer – and he prefers Liverpool and Arsenal’.
« I was like: ‘Well I haven’t heard Arsenal’, but that kind of tallies what I’d been told the night before. »
Whether Arsenal will make a bid or wait until the summer when Guehi’s contract expires remains to be seen.
However, the Gunners were interested in Guehi last year before they decided to take a different route and signed Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia, while Piero Hincapie also joined from Bayer Leverkusen.
Liverpool had a bid of £35million plus £5m in add-ons accepted last summer, but failed to finalise the deal on transfer deadline day.
Palace reportedly know they can secure a similar fee in January, with City particularly interested after losing key defenders Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias to injury, while John Stones is also sidelined.
« Honestly, I don’t know what will happen, » Glasner said about Guehi earlier this week.
« If you’re just valuing sports, everyone in the club will say Marc has to stay. The chairman will tell you the same. But it’s not one-dimensional. Nothing in life is one-dimensional.
« So if you see the financial situation, it’s very important. Everybody wants him to play for Crystal Palace, sign a new contract and stay here forever.
« That’s what everybody will tell you. On the other side, there’s the situation the contract ends in summer and, if somebody is coming, there will be a moment when the club says, now the financial issue is more important than the sport issue.
« I’m not so naive not to know that if a massive offer comes from City and Marc wants to do it, it will happen. »
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