Crystal Palace Falling Apart?Captain Marc Guehi Set for Liverpool Move — Fans Fear “Kamada Will Be Isolated Again”

Analysis by Hikaru Sakamoto

Shockwaves at Crystal Palace as Captain Marc Guehi Is Linked With a January Move to Liverpool

Crystal Palace are enjoying a strong season — even reaching 4th place temporarily — but the club has been rocked by new reports that captain Marc Guehi could be on his way to Liverpool.

According to Sky Sports, Guehi’s contract is entering its final stage, and Palace are now seriously considering selling him in January to avoid losing him on a free transfer next summer.

The reported fee is around £35 million, which many analysts describe as a bargain for an England international centre-back.

■ A Much-Needed “Saviour” for Liverpool
Liverpool have struggled with defensive instability this season,
and Guehi is widely viewed as the ideal immediate solution,
with local media calling him “a ready-made starter.”

■ Massive Blow for Palace
Losing their defensive leader would be devastating for Palace’s momentum.
Local supporters reacted with frustration, saying:
“You can’t replace a captain in January.”
“Kamada will end up isolated again.”
“This kills our top-four dream.”

The Bigger Picture

This story lands very differently depending on where you stand.

For Liverpool, the Marc Guehi discussion is not driven by fantasy or long-term dreaming. It is rooted in problem-solving. Defensive instability has been exposed too often this season, and supporters recognise the pattern: injuries, overload, and reliance on players being asked to cover too much ground. Guehi is seen less as a luxury signing and more as a correction — a move that restores balance, depth, and control at the back.

There is also a deeper emotional layer. Among Liverpool supporters, this feels like a return to agency. Acting early. Acting decisively. Refusing to let a clear target drift into a summer bidding war. The excitement is real, but it is measured, shaped by logic rather than hope.

For Crystal Palace, the emotional equation is far more fragile. This is not a club in crisis, nor a fanbase in denial. If anything, the reaction reflects how much progress has already been made. Palace are competitive, organised, and — perhaps for the first time in years — genuinely cohesive. That is precisely why the timing hurts.

Guehi is not just a defender here. He represents leadership, continuity, and the connective tissue between players who are finally functioning as a unit. When supporters immediately mention Kamada and Wharton in the same breath, it reveals a deeper anxiety: not about one departure, but about whether success can ever be held onto long enough to become something permanent.

Fan Reactions

Liverpool Fans

• £35m? Where do I wire the money?
• There isn’t a better partner — or successor — for Van Dijk. England starter, bargain price. Merry Christmas to us.
• After watching that 0–3 loss to Forest, this news feels like sunlight after a month of rain.
• If we wait until summer, Bayern will just swoop in and steal him. Do it now.
• Konaté’s made of glass. Guehi is the missing piece. FSG, stop being cheap.
• Feels good to be the club that ‘poaches’ players again… not the one getting cooked by Wharton and Kamada every week.
• If Guehi comes in, Endo won’t have to carry the entire defense on his back anymore.

Palace Fans

• No way… We’re finally 4th and we’re selling our captain? This club really hates happiness.
• Kamada, Wharton and Guehi are finally clicking. Perfect timing to ruin it, I guess.
• If the contract’s running out, I get it… better £35m than losing him for free. Still hurts.
• Take Guehi out and the whole defense collapses. Lacroix or Chalobah won’t patch that hole.
• Ah yes, the ‘selling club’ life. You develop them, big clubs take them. Rinse and repeat.
• So who’s next? Wharton? Kamada? At this point I’m afraid to get attached.
• Kamada came for free, which means he’ll be worth £40–50m by summer the moment he plays too well. Terrifying.
• £35m is robbery. Ask for £50m at least.
• Palace players’ stock is exploding: Guehi, Wharton, Mateta… and Kamada’s cooking too.
• Kamada might spark a bidding war next summer. Imagine signing him for free and selling for £50m.
• Liverpool should just get both Guehi and Kamada. Slot would love them.
• Bayern are sniffing around too, but I think Guehi wants to stay in the Premier League.
• If Palace actually want top four, selling Guehi is suicidal. But financially… yeah, they’ll sell him.
• Guehi to Liverpool would complete their defensive rebuild. Could flip the whole table.

What Remains

What remains is a clear contrast in emotional direction.

Liverpool supporters are looking forward, not because they believe this move guarantees success, but because it signals intent. The feeling is not triumph, but relief — relief that weaknesses are being addressed before they become defining failures. In that sense, Guehi represents stability more than ambition.

For Palace supporters, the loss is more intangible. It is the fear that momentum is always temporary, that cohesion is something you build only to watch it dissolve at the moment it starts to matter. The resignation in their reactions is not born from pessimism, but from experience. They understand the financial logic. They simply know what usually follows.

There is no outrage here, and no hysteria. Just recognition. Recognition that progress in football rarely moves in a straight line, that successful teams attract attention before they secure protection, and that for clubs like Palace, holding on can feel harder than building in the first place.

Whether Guehi stays or goes, the emotional divide is already clear. One side senses control returning. The other senses a familiar story beginning again — not because they expect failure, but because they have learned how fragile success can be.