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Potential departures Eze & Guehi start for Palace
Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi will start for Crystal Palace in their Premier League opener against Chelsea on Sunday, despite being in talks with Tottenham and Liverpool over potential moves are advanced for both players and will start again after the before the game, Palace manager Oliver Glasner said: "Marc [Guehi] and Eze trained well the whole week. Of course there is no reason not to start them."Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers." On Saturday, BBC Sport reported that Tottenham were accelerating their move to sign 27-year-old Eze, having been in discussions over a transfer since the start of the England forward has an expired release clause in his contract which was worth an initial £60m, plus a further £8m in is understood Tottenham are negotiating an offer slightly below the total release it is a similar story with England centre-back Guehi, with talks ongoing between Palace and Premier League champions last week, Eagles chairman Steve Parish said the club would sell their captain this summer to avoid losing him on a free at the end of his are believed to want about £40m for the centre-back, but Liverpool want to pay less than that figure.
The Independent
9 minutes ago
- The Independent
Eddie Howe: Others at Newcastle dealing with whether Alexander Isak faces fine
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said it was up to other people at the club as to whether wantaway forward Alexander Isak would be fined. The Sweden striker, who was the subject of a rejected bid from Liverpool, has been trying to force a move away from St James' Park and has been training alone after refusing to play in some pre-season matches. He was not involved as Newcastle kicked off their Premier League campaign with a goalless draw at Aston Villa, where they failed to score against 10 men. Asked whether Isak was facing a fine, Howe said: 'Other people are dealing with that issue. I'm concentrating on the team and our next game.' The saga surrounding Isak's future has exacerbated a difficult transfer window, which has seen the Magpies miss out on a number of targets, including Benjamin Sesko. Howe reiterated the club's desire to sign a new striker, regardless of where Isak was after the window closes. 'I think it's been my wish to get a striker when we needed to replace Callum Wilson,' he added. 'I can't say that enough. It's not like we're looking at any other area. 'We've been looking to recruit a striker to replace Callum. And Callum is a big miss, not just his playing ability, but his personality, so that's what we're looking to do.' Aston Villa did well to take a point after having to play the final 30 minutes with 10 men following Ezri Konsa's red card. Debutant goalkeeper Marco Bizot did well, standing in for the suspended Emiliano Martinez. Villa boss Unai Emery said: 'Fantastic, because it was his debut at home, against Newcastle. There are a lot of tactical ways we needed to do with the goalkeeper. 'He tried them and he was focusing to try to start two-one, three-two, with our centre-backs and midfielders, sometimes getting the full-backs involved and getting the ball to (Ollie) Watkins. 'He took some risk and played with confidence. 'His first save gave him confidence to play and feel strong in our structure. I am so happy because we need our players, and we will need him.'
BBC News
10 minutes ago
- BBC News
Isak risks alienating himself from Newcastle fans
With Alexander Isak remaining determined to join Liverpool, the Sweden international would have a lot of bridges to rebuild if he was to ever represent Newcastle again."You've got a guy who's on £100k-a-week-plus not playing, and you've got the normal fan paying £60 to £70 for a ticket every week expecting him to be in the team," the Magpies' all-time leading scorer Alan Shearer told BBC 5 Live. "That is why it hurts them so much."There is no loyalty [in football] - clubs look after themselves and players look after themselves, but there's a way of doing things. The way that Alex is doing this at the moment is not the right way."Liverpool have got into his agent and to offer £110m is rather belittling when you have midfielders going for £105m. They know they aren't going to get Isak for £110m."You've got a guy who played a huge part in one of Newcastle's best seasons ever, winning the club's first trophy for 70 years, qualifying again for the Champions League. Yet with three years left on his contract he says he doesn't want to play here any more."Newcastle head coach Howe said the away end were "very free" to make their feelings known about the player after the game, but he stressed in the same post-match news conference that the door remains open for Isak to be reiterated that it is down to Isak to "decide what he wants to do" as the striker continues to train away from the ideally wants a swift resolution - and understandably so.
