"I've learned to accept situations. My wish of course, and everyone at the club, would have been that JP [Mateta] gets what he wants and we get Jorgen [Strand Larsen] and Dwight McNeil into the building and Marc Guehi's replacement into the building. This is what everybody was working on until the final seconds. At the end of it the club tried everything with huge offers and huge bids for a Marc Guehi replacement, but clubs said they don't sell on Deadline Day."
"Credit to the club that they without getting any money for JP spent a big fee on Strand Larsen. On the other side, McNeil was the last one we thought we could finalise but in the last minutes the terms of the deal changed again and the deal failed. I expected him and planned for him in the next day's training."
Crystal Palace pursued multiple signings on Deadline Day to replace Marc Guehi but were blocked by selling clubs unwilling to part with players so late. The club sanctioned significant spending and submitted major offers while manager Oliver Glasner aimed to bring in Jorgen Strand Larsen, Dwight McNeil and satisfy JP Mateta's wishes. Palace paid a large fee for Strand Larsen without receiving money from Mateta's move, and a last-minute change in terms caused the McNeil deal to collapse. Marc Guehi's mid-season transfer to Manchester City for an initial £20 million further weakened a defence already hit by Eberechi Eze's summer exit.
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