CRYSTAL Palace chairman Steve Parish has said he “can’t imagine a situation” in which the Eagles lose their two main centre-backs this summer.
Newcastle United have bid up to £60million for Marc Guehi, 24, but Palace reportedly want at least £70million.
And Palace have turned down an offer from Fulham for Joachim Andersen.
Guehi was one of the best centre-backs at Euro 2024 as he helped England reach the final, where they lost 2-1 to Spain.
“We’d like to keep hold of him,” Parish told BBC Sport. “There’s a price and a situation where we might consider it.
“Somebody said he’s a superstar, so somebody has got to pay superstar money.
“Realistically, homegrown, 24 years old, sensational talent, somebody has to make it difficult for us. At the moment it isn’t. He’ll still be at Crystal Palace at the moment, but it’s not impossible.
“He is certainly not making anybody’s life difficult, his agents are decent people.
“It’s a very good situation. Whether he is here or not will make no difference to how he performs.”
Guehi’s regular centre-back partner lat season, Andersen, 28, is also in demand. The Cottagers reportedly bid £25million for the Denmark international this week.
“That’s an interesting one because I can’t imagine a situation where we would lose both of our centre-halves,” Parish said.
“Again, Joachim, he’s a special lad and very much at the heart of what we do. He’s like our quarterback at the heart of that back three, a sensational footballer.
“We have got to sit and think about what is the right thing to do, what the players want to do. If both of them are still here at the end of the window I wouldn’t be surprised.”
Palace sold Michael Olise to Bayern Munich for £60million this summer after paying Reading £7million for him. Eberechi Eze is also attracting attention and has a release fee of at least £60million.
Parish has big ambitions for the club.
He said: “Everyone is in a trading deficit in the Premier League. If you want constancy, you have to first of all attract the right talent and part of that is showing them a pathway,” he said.
“Players like Michael [Olise] going to Bayern and going to the top clubs in the world shows people that coming to Crystal Palace you can get picked for your country, you can go and play at the highest level.
“What do we hope? One day we are the Champions League club that everybody wants to come to, we’re the Europa League club that everybody wants to come to.
“Up until then we have to be realistic. We have to work with the players, work with the sporting department, we have to make sure we have a good squad and we are making smart decisions about recruitment – buying and selling.”
