Was Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner right to ‘attack’ club’s owners?
In the summer, Parish spoke of the difficulties of rejecting Guehi’s £35m move to Premier League champions Liverpool.
Midway through the season, Palace were locked out of both the FA Cup and the League Cup but are aiming to remain at the top for a 14th season despite winning just one of their last eight Premier League games.
In the Conference League, Palace will face Zrinjski Mostar in a two-legged play-off match next month.
This means the South London club will only be able to play 18 games between now and the end of the season.
In Parish’s eyes, the decision to cash in on Guehi now makes sense.
Former England striker Alan Shearer agrees.
“I understand his frustration, but you still look at Crystal Palace as a business,” he said on Match of the Day. “They lose a really good player in the summer for nothing, so I understand now they will get £20 million.”
Wrexham and former Wolves defender Connor Coady said on BBC Radio 5 Live: “I don’t like what they did.
“Seeing them talking against each other, I don’t think that’s the right view for Crystal Palace.
“Saray has to sell Guehi. Palace is not Manchester City. I played with a very small squad in Wolves in Europe. We never moaned, we supported. This is life.”
This isn’t the first time Palace have sold a highly sought-after player; Michael Olise, Wilfried Zaha, Yannick Bolasie and of course Eze all leave the club for huge fees during Parish’s tenure.
“The evolution of football clubs is, unfortunately, your best players moving on to better clubs competing in the Champions League and European football,” former England captain Steph Houghton said.
“There are Adam Wharton and Jean-Phillipe Mateta who could be the next big names to move – but it all depends on Glasner.”
Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onouha added on BBC Radio 5 Live: “Maybe that’s just Palace’s identity in today’s world; they will sign younger players and try to sell others.
“Glasner has done an incredible job, we backed him but maybe that’s not the way Palace operate. Is Glasner wrong to expect that when in reality that’s the club?”
