Guéhi confirms plan to leave Palace
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner revealed last night that club captain Marc Guéhi will leave Selhurst Park at the end of the season. Guehi came close to joining Liverpool in a £35m transfer on deadline day before the deal collapsed at the last minute. He will now leave as a free agent next summer.
Glasner said: “I think Marc has already told us that he doesn’t sign a new contract, so he will leave next year. The club wanted [him to stay]. They offered Marc a new contract. But he said, ‘no, I want to make something different’. And that’s normal.
“And for us, it’s how we can deal with this situation? [What] is the best way to get this next step done? And that’s all about how we are talking together.”
Marc Guehi will leave Crystal Palace as a free agent at the end of the season. Photograph: Matt McNulty/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 04.43 EDT
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It’s ‘Der Klassiker’ in Germany and Bayern Munich’s perfect run in the Bundesliga faces its toughest test of the season so far when unbeaten Borussia Dortmund visit the champions. The Bavarians have won all 10 of their matches in all competitions and top the Bundesliga on 18 points, four ahead of second-placed Dortmund. Vincent Kompany’s team have chalked up six league wins on the trot, scoring more than four goals per game on average. Harry Kane has bagged 11 goals in the league already, and the England captain also scored twice on Tuesday in a 5-0 win over Latvia that sealed their spot at the 2026 World Cup.
New signing Luis Diaz has seamlessly integrated into the Bayern side, adding another five league goals and four assists, but both forwards will have their work cut out against Dortmund, who have conceded one goal in their last five Bundesliga games. The Ruhr Valley club have emerged as Bayern’s main title rivals under coach Niko Kovac, with a defensive strength and stability that has been lacking in previous seasons. In 2019, Kovac led Bayern to a league and cup double. Dortmund have earned a win and a draw in their last two visits to the Allianz Arena but Kovac said Bayern remained overwhelming favourites on Saturday and “are on another level”.
Today’s Bundesliga fixtures (all 2.30pm unless stated)
More on Marc Guéhi from Ed Aarons…
Dominic Booth
This is your one-hour warning to change your FPL tam if you haven’t already!
Given it’s been two weeks since we had a game, it’s worth reminding you that the Fantasy Premier League deadline is coming up, 11am BST today. Heading into Gameweek 8 there are big decisions to be made on the high-ticket players: Cole Palmer is out for six weeks, Mo Salah has endured some mixed returns and Arsenal change their attack every other game these days.
So do you splash out on the in-form Erling Haaland and bank on his goal streak going on and on? Crystal Palace are surely the team to be mined for FPL talent at the moment. Daniel Muñoz brings in some attacking returns from defence, Ismaïla Sarr looks underpriced at £6.5m and Jean-Phillipe Mateta is that rare thing – a striker you can guarantee will start every week and score goals.
More on Forest…
“Postecoglou already at risk of being sacked”
Personally I don’t think the problem at Forest is this manager, the previous manager, the players or the club, for me the problem is a tyrannical overbearing owner who with his overbearing interference has completely destroyed the team’s spirit and confidence and his own ambitions to see Forest as a top PL team by openly ridiculing and humiliating the previous manager who guided them to within touching distance of CL football in his first season in the PL. The owner sounds like a right idiot and I feel sympathy for the players at the club who gave so much last season and who simply ran out of steam at the end.
There is plenty of Nottingham Forest talk in the comments today. It seems the general consensus among fans is that the main problem is not the manager, but instead the owner, Evangelos Marinakis.
Forest supporter here who remembers the Clough glories. What is happening Forest today represents all that is wrong with modern football, especially the PL. Egotistical billionaire’s treating treasured local clubs as playthings, or Gulf states spending petrol dollars to sports wash their tyranny. We should follow the German model and give 55% of control to fans. Sack the owners not the managers.
Unai Emery is preparing for a “huge challenge” when his Aston Villa side travel to Tottenham on Sunday. Villa failed to win any of their first five Premier League games, but went into the October international break having won two in a row in the league and four in all competitions.
They now take on a Spurs side who have only lost once in 10 matches in all competitions since the start of the season, and Emery believes it will be a test of his side’s progress.
“Tottenham is one of the contender teams to be in the top seven,” he said. “Last year they didn’t achieve it, but of course this year they are really playing fantastic, getting good results, they are now in the top with 14 points, and playing at home, they are feeling strong. For us, it’s really a huge challenge.”
Emery is expecting to have Ollie Watkins, Emi Buendia and Jadon Sancho available after knocks, while Tyrone Mings could also return.
Unai Emery will have some players returning from injury when Aston Villa take on Tottenham. Photograph: Aston Villa/Aston Villa FC/Getty ImagesShare
Top-level club football returned across Europe last night, with the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Mönchengladbach in action.
Ligue 1 champions PSG were held to a 3-3 draw by Strasbourg at Parc des Princes. The visitors found themselves 3-1 up by the 50th minute thanks to a brace from Joaquín Panichelli and a strike from Diego Moreira following Bradley Barcola’s early opener. Gonçalo Ramos scored from the penalty spot before Senny Mayulu levelled things up with 11 minutes of normal time to play.
In La Liga, Espanyol managed a 2-0 win away at Real Oviedo thanks to late goals from Kike García and Pere Milla. Meanwhile, in the Bundesliga, Union Berlin cruised to a 3-1 win over Mönchengladbach with Danilho Doekhi netting a brace and Rani Khedira getting on the scoresheet. Haris Tabaković fired one home for the visitors in the first half but it was not enough to spark a comeback.
Updated at 04.41 EDT
Elsewhere in Europe today
La Liga:
Serie A:
Lecce v Sassuolo
Pisa v Verona
Torino v Napoli
Roma v Inter Milan
Ligue 1:
Nice v Lyon
Angers v Monaco
Marseille v Le Havre
Bundesliga:
Updated at 04.41 EDT
La Liga players will protest this weekend the league’s decision to hold a regular season game in Miami, the Spanish soccer players’ union said on Friday.
Players plan to pause for 15 seconds after kickoff in games in the ninth round held from Friday through Monday, Spanish media reported.
League Two fixtures
Salford City v Oldham Athletic (12:30pm BST)
Cambridge United v Bromley (12:30pm BST)
MK Dons v Crewe Alexandra
Chesterfield v Fleetwood Town
Shrewsbury Town v Crawley Town
Grimsby Town v Gillingham
Newport County v Cheltenham
Barnet v Notts County
Accrington Stanley v Swindon Town
Bristol Rovers v Tranmere Rovers
Walsall v Barrow
Colchester United v Harrogate Town
League One fixtures
Burton Albion v Peterborough United (12:30pm BST)
Lincoln City v Stevenage (12:30pm BST)
Bradford City v Barnsley
Blackpool v Wycombe Wanderers
Rotherham United v Leyton Orient
Luton Town v Mansfield Town
Cardiff City v Reading
Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon
Wigan Athletic v Port Vale
Stockport County v Exeter City
Doncaster Rovers v Northampton Town
Updated at 04.02 EDT
Championship fixtures
Southampton v Swansea (12:30pm BST)
Oxford United v Derby County (12:30pm BST)
Queens Park Rangers v Millwall (12:30pm BST)
Birmingham City v Hull City
Stoke City v Wrexham
Charlton Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United v Watford
Norwich City v Bristol City
Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers
West Brom v Preston North End
Leicester City v Portsmouth (7:45pm BST)
Who else is making the 300-mile journey from Newcastle to Brighton today? I imagine there must have been some early alarms this morning!
On the train down to Brighton from Newcastle. Fully expecting a loss given we never ever play well down there, but excited to see our giant German do some magic as always
From the pressure on Ange Postecoglou to the absence of Rodri for Manchester City, here are 10 things to look out for in the Premier League this weekend:
Enzo Maresca has said Cole Palmer will miss another six weeks with a groin injury, raising doubts over whether the Chelsea forward will be able to regain his England place before the 2026 World Cup.
Palmer, who has been unavailable during the past two international breaks, has been struggling with his fitness since the start of the season and has not played since limping off against Manchester United last month. Chelsea have tried to manage the 23-year-old’s groin injury with rest and are confident it does not need surgery but Maresca has dashed hopes of his most influential player making a swift return.
“Unfortunately he needs to be out for another six weeks,” Chelsea’s head coach said as he prepared for his side’s trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. “We try to protect Cole as much as we can. The most important thing is when he comes back he is fully fit. The medical staff are not magicians. We hope six weeks are enough.”
Cole Palmer will be sidelined for longer than initially expected. Photograph: John Walton/PAShareGuéhi confirms plan to leave Palace
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner revealed last night that club captain Marc Guéhi will leave Selhurst Park at the end of the season. Guehi came close to joining Liverpool in a £35m transfer on deadline day before the deal collapsed at the last minute. He will now leave as a free agent next summer.
Glasner said: “I think Marc has already told us that he doesn’t sign a new contract, so he will leave next year. The club wanted [him to stay]. They offered Marc a new contract. But he said, ‘no, I want to make something different’. And that’s normal.
“And for us, it’s how we can deal with this situation? [What] is the best way to get this next step done? And that’s all about how we are talking together.”
Marc Guehi will leave Crystal Palace as a free agent at the end of the season. Photograph: Matt McNulty/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 04.43 EDT
Speaking of Nottingham Forest, Ben Fisher will be on hand at 11am this morning to answer any questions you may have about the club.
Be sure to email matchday.live@guardian.co.uk with your questions for the Q&A session or leave a comment below the line.
Ange Postecoglou’s future at Nottingham Forest is on the line this afternoon. The 60-year-old is yet to win a match with Forest and is already at risk of being sacked – despite only arriving just over one month ago.
Postecoglou urged the club’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis, to maintain faith in him during his press conference yesterday.
Today’s Premier League fixtures
Nottingham Forest v Chelsea (12:30pm BST)
Sunderland v Wolves
Burnley v Leeds United
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
Brighton v Newcastle
Manchester City v Everton
Fulham v Arsenal (5:30pm BST)
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Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! Premier League and EFL football is finally back after (what felt like) a long international break and business resumes as normal. I’ll be bringing you all the latest updates until the early kick-off which sees Nottingham Forest take on Chelsea at the City Ground.
We’ll also go over some of the top talking points from yesterday’s press conferences – including a huge update on the future of Crystal Palace captain Marc Guéhi – and preview each of today’s Premier League fixtures.
So, without further ado, let’s get cracking.
Updated at 03.18 EDT