Literally no one is saying this. Palace & Liverpool had early talks months ago. Exactly as with their Isak dealings Liverpool made a low bid then wanted Guehi to create a stink to get move. Guehi didn’t. Liverpool then waited late to try & force Palace’s hand. It all came in late - too late.
If you're actually following the discourse, the CP narrative is exactly this. Liverpool came in too late and we couldn't source a replacement. And again, for a player in their last year of the contract who was also open to leaving this summer, you don't expect a club to pay 50mil. That's insane.
Nope. Literally every Palace fan knows there were talks months ago - exactly as with Newcastle. With Newcastle they bunged on an extra 20million just in time. With Guehi they didn’t. In any case if CP are top 10 & still in conf league come January it’ll probably have been worth holding Guehi.
Oh and btw was it insane for Liverpool to get £ 7 million for letting TAA go to Real Madrid a few weeks early? Palace don’t exist to serve Liverpool’s transfer schedule. If 50 million is what palace quoted then that was the price.