Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says “he never threatened to leave” the club over the potential sale of captain Marc Guehi to Liverpool on transfer deadline day.
England defender Guehi, 25, had looked set to join the Premier League champions but the move fell through with Palace unable to secure adequate replacements.
With Guehi now able to move on as a free agent next summer when his contract expires, the Austrian was asked about reports of tension over the situation between him and Eagles chairman Steve Parish.
“I think it’s the last time I want to talk about it,” Glasner said.
“I never threatened to leave the club. Never. I didn’t have to threaten anybody. There were no bad tensions between the chairman and myself.
“It was really just a discussion about sports, and he decided against the money and for the sporting perspective of Crystal Palace. Big credit to the chairman.”
Palace completed two signings on the final day of the summer transfer window,
Toulouse centre-back Jaydee Canvot joined on a four-year deal while Christantus Uche arrived on a season-long loan from Getafe.
The club wanted two defensive reinforcements before sanctioning Guehi’s departure.
“At the end of many discussions it was the chairman who asked me: ‘Oliver, do you think we can manage the season when we sell Marc?’ I said: ‘Honestly we can’t manage it in the short-term,'” added Glasner.
“If you want this scenario for Crystal Palace and you are fine with it, sell Marc. If you don’t want to have this, then we have to keep him. And then he decided we keep him.”
