Marc Gu\u00e9hi remained a Crystal Palace player for the 2025\u201326 season after a summer transfer attempt collapsed when the Eagles failed to secure a replacement and Oliver Glasner stopped the move. Glasner has confirmed that Gu\u00e9hi won\u2019t be extending his contract at Selhurst Park, so a departure in 2026 appears inevitable. The immediate question is whether Palace will sell him in the winter or allow him to leave for free at season end. Some have suggested his exemplary behaviour during the saga perhaps cost him a big move.<\/p>\n
It was Liverpool and only Liverpool in the summer, but other elite suitors could re-emerge next year. Below are five plausible destinations ranked by the likelihood that Gu\u00e9hi will move there.<\/p>\n
Tottenham \u2014 Likelihood Rating: 4\/10
\nTottenham searched for a left-sided defender late in the window but were beaten to Piero Hincapi\u00e9 by Arsenal. Gu\u00e9hi is right footed but typically plays as the left centre back in a back three or four. Spurs have shown prior interest without a serious bid. Even with resources, Gu\u00e9hi would likely be second choice behind Micky van de Ven and may prefer a bigger leap.<\/p>\n
Chelsea \u2014 Likelihood Rating: 6\/10
\nGu\u00e9hi came through at Chelsea and made his senior debut there before the club sold him for about \u00a318 million in 2021. Enzo Maresca\u2019s side have been keeping tabs. With centre-back depth and Levi Colwill set to return fit, Gu\u00e9hi would still represent an upgrade on Trevoh Chalobah, Tosin Adarabioyo and Beno\u00eet Badiashile, and a return would carry a sense of unfinished business.<\/p>\n
Barcelona \u2014 Likelihood Rating: 7\/10
\n“You wait ages for one Englishman\u2014and then two come along at the same time!” There was little time to replace I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez late in the summer, leaving Hansi Flick a centre back short for 2025\u201326. Limited finances make Gu\u00e9hi an intriguing option to partner Pau Cubars\u00ed while Eric Garc\u00eda has been a frequent starter.<\/p>\n
Bayern Munich \u2014 Likelihood Rating: 7\/10
\nThere is thought to be genuine Bavarian interest. Vincent Kompany began the season with Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah; Gu\u00e9hi would need to earn a place but links to Harry Kane and Michael Olise add appeal.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid \u2014 Likelihood Rating: 8\/10
\nXabi Alonso\u2019s defence is ageing. At 25, Gu\u00e9hi has been named among those considered to bring youth to the centre-back ranks as Madrid weigh options between him and Ibrahima Konat\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gu\u00e9hi stayed at Palace for 2025\u201326. Five clubs ranked by likelihood as his 2026 move approaches mid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[465,969],"tags":[1006,986,1100],"class_list":["post-3915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crystal-palace","category-premier-league","tag-captaincy","tag-contract-standoff","tag-defence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}