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> Having made more than 100 appearances for Crystal Palace and now a regular captain of the side, Marc Guéhi has matured well beyond his years since moving to south London.

He joined Palace in summer 2021, signing a five-year contract with the club, and committing his services until summer 2026.

Guéhi was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and moved to England aged one. He spent much of his early years in Lewisham and began his youth career with Bromley-based Cray Wanderers.

It didn’t take long for Guéhi to attract attention and, aged just seven, he was scouted by Chelsea.

Progressing over the following decade with the Blues, Guéhi did enough to stay at the club year on year and reaped the rewards with an immensely successful peer group.

Winning the treble with the Blues’ Under-18s in 2016/17, Guéhi signed his first professional contract in September 2017 and went on to help Chelsea scoop the quadruple – including the FA Youth Cup and league – that same season.

Guéhi’s Academy team helped to reinforce Chelsea’s image as one of the fiercest youth sides in England, as the centre-back played alongside the likes of Reece James, Tariq Lamptey, Billy Gilmour, Conor Gallagher and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

But it wasn’t just at club level where Guéhi enjoyed success with a noteworthy youth team, as the teenager won the Under-17 World Cup with England in 2017. Indeed, Guéhi captained the Young Lions to the U17 European Championship final that same year and scored in the World Cup final just months later.

These performances ensured Guéhi was rewarded with a taste of first-team football, and he began to be named in Chelsea squads in spring 2019 – being a senior substitute on four occasions in 18/19.

His breakthrough came in the League Cup against Grimsby Town as the Blues stormed to a 7-1 victory with Guéhi in the backline. He again earned professional minutes for Chelsea in a fourth-round defeat against Manchester United, and secured a loan move to Swansea City shortly after.

Guéhi fought to secure his place over a half-season with the Swans that was disrupted by the league’s suspension in March. Having returned from the pause, Guéhi played in Swansea’s final five matches and helped to clinch a sixth-place finish.

Play-off heartbreak came for the first of two times as Swansea lost on aggregate to Brentford in the semi-finals, but Guéhi went on to enjoy personal progression the following season regardless.

2020/21 was something of a landmark for the defender, who returned to Swansea on loan for a full campaign and played 45 games. He became recognised as one of the league’s brightest talents and helped Swansea climb further up the table with a fourth-place finish.

Swansea and Guéhi continued to go one better than 19/20 by reaching the play-off final, but football showed its unforgiving side once again as Brentford overcame them for a second time. Guéhi played in every minute of the three play-off matches.

Guéhi describes himself as “strong, comfortable on the ball and hopefully growing to be a leader one day.”

These traits are evident in his play, with the 21-year-old having captained England Under-21s and made himself a mainstay for Swansea despite being one of the squad’s youngest players.

His attitude became clear when a post-match interview with him went viral across social media. Having earned a spot at Wembley and consecutive Man of the Match awards from Sky Sports, Guéhi humbly rebuked the accolades by saying: “The first time I was really surprised. Now I think it’s getting a bit ridiculous! Everyone was fantastic today, to a man. I could name everyone. For me to get this again, I don’t know.”

On the pitch, Guéhi is assertive and vocal, often heard organising his teammates with confidence. This confidence is reflected in his willingness to drive out from the back and distribute possession from relatively high up the pitch.

His first season in south London saw him feature in all but two of the games in 2021/22, making 42 appearances in total. His first goal for the club came in a chaotic 3-3 draw against Burnley at Turf Moor. Guéhi captained the side for the first time against Watford in February 2022, becoming the youngest player to captain the side since Nathaniel Clyne in 2012.

A month later, he earned his first ever call-up to the full England squad and made his debut in a 2-1 win against Switzerland.

Guéhi continued to be a rock at the heart of the Palace defence in 2022/23, forming a formidable partnership with Joachim Andersen. He was nearly ever-present in 22/23, playing in 40 out of a possible 41 games.

The 2023/24 campaign saw Guéhi again continue as a stalwart at the back, though in the latter half of the season he did suffer a knee injury which kept him out for two months. He concluded 23/24 with 29 appearances in all competitions.

He was called up to the England men's senior squad ahead of the 2024 UEFA European Championship and earned his 10th cap for the Three Lions with a solid defensive display and clean sheet against Bosnia and Herzegovina in June 2024.

Guéhi played a huge role at the heart of the England defence in the 2024 UEFA European Championship, playing every single minute he was eligible for as England finished runners-up in the tournament. He managed to to keep two clean sheets and register an assist for Jude Bellingham's sensational last-minute overhead kick against Slovakia in the round of 16.

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The manager also discussed the form of players such as Adam Wharton and Eddie Nketiah; his target for Palace's final 10 Premier League matches of the season; and the threat that the Saints will pose at St. Mary's Stadium...

- [**Read Glasner’s pre-match team news update**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/first-team/glasners-pre-southampton-updates-on-squad-fitness/)
- [**Listen to live to audio commentary on Palace TV+**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/)

Pre Match Press conference Southampton F.C (A)

### “We got the reward”

It was the changes in summer, the tournaments in the summer, our late signings, then also some injuries at the beginning. Often \[the players had\] very short times off and especially international players struggled a little bit. Then we had to get each other known again.

And then it was, I think, the great working mentality, the attitude of the players. We always stayed calm, we stayed patient and said: ‘OK, we have to improve. It's not a lot that we are missing, but there are a few things.’

We just worked on these things and we got the reward in the last weeks and months. It’s important now to keep this level, to keep this working intensity, to keep this work rate on our top level.

### “Adam has a lot of potential”

I think it wasn't his best performance \[against Fulham\]. I think Adam can play better than he did. But yes, he has a lot of potential. We could see it last year.

But we also can see when you have just a very short time to recover, not just physically, also mentally – he struggled for six, seven, eight months with several injuries.

And when I see all the upcoming… not just the games in the season, there's the Under-21 European Championship in summer again, next year it’s the World Cup again. It's important to keep all our players fit, especially the young players.

They are not used to playing at this level. And again, I'm not just talking about their bodies. It's also when you play in January for Blackburn and then you're at the finals of the Euros with England.

There's a lot that's going on, and this influences your body. We all know that you can't separate your mind from your body, and this is what we all have to consider. But yes, he has a lot of potential, definitely.

### “It’s confidence”

It’s not just in the last games – I think in our last four games, Eddie Nketiah has scored three goals.

We talked about it when we arrived about JP \[Mateta\]. It's confidence. The most important thing for a striker is being confident that you can score goals.

I think Eddie had his chances, but he missed a few. But now, he looks to get more confidence, and that's very important for us – that we don't rely on one or two players who can score goals.

And when we see the three goals from Fulham, we played with four very attacking players. Matheus França just got a few minutes, but of the other four, three of them scored, and that's always good – that these players get into the situations for scoring goals.

We need every single player until the end of the season.

### “The goal is 30 points”

It’s easy: we have 10 games to play. That means the goal is getting 30 points.

But we don't talk about 10 games. We're just focused on Southampton. We know how they play. We know what we have to expect. A lot of duels, a very aggressive side.

And also, they have some players like \[Paul\] Onuachu – very tall, very physical. With \[Kamaldeen\] Sulemana, very quick with dribbling. With Tyler Dibling, one of the players who is hyped in England this season – so they have many very good players.

It just makes no sense thinking about the table position. It's always important to think about what we can improve, what we have to work on, what we have to show in every single game, and that's a challenge for us: to have this mentality and to switch from the Cup game at Fulham to Southampton tomorrow.

### “It’s something I never did before”

*Crystal Palace have won their last six away matches in all competitions without conceding a goal – a joint- top-flight record in England.* 

It’s something I never did before!

Most of the time we travel on matchday. Tomorrow we go tomorrow morning to Southampton.

Before the Fulham game we met the evening before in the hotel. But also we didn’t have dinner together – it's optional – but they had a latest report time, as we want to give them also time with their family.

I mention it quite often. We're talking so much about football and we want the players to be focused when they're here. And we all know this, to focus you also need your time off, because it's impossible to be switched on for 24 hours a day. Even with the schedule we have, without having a break for many of our players.

Especially the international ones – they started in August and had no time off. Then it's important to give them these days to recover. Maybe this is the reason.

But it's also I think the belief of the players that we can win everywhere. What I liked in the Fulham game is we didn't get nervous after really struggling at the beginning. We relied on our quality, on our system, on what we were planning.

We know when there are moments in a game where we have to fight for each other, then we fight for each other. There are moments when we play together, then we play together. And I think this really developed over the last months.

### “It’s about everyone knowing what we want to do”

It's what we're always working on, and it's not just about young players – it's about everyone knowing what we want to do.

And I tell the players quite often that when we defend, this is the first way to attack. You can't attack without defending. We prepare our attacks even when the opposition has the ball.

It looks like everybody knows what they have to do, and then this gives you confidence that you know when I do this, my teammate does his job, so everybody is involved in our game. But on the other side, it's so important that everybody does his job, because if one doesn't do it, it drops like a card house.

### “We know that we can score goals”

I'm always thinking about the defence, because we know that we can score goals from different situations. If we need a set-play, we take a set-play, and we're working on this.

But as I mentioned, our defensive shape is already starting for the attack and the players know and can see it, and we’re getting the evidence that when they do their job in the defence, that they get the chance and the opportunities to score in our attack.

When you see the second goal at Fulham, it's Eberechi Eze who wins the ball close to the halfway line. And then we have Ismaïla Sarr, the far 10, great runs in the box with him and JP switching – one goes near post, one goes far post – Dani Muñoz in the box and Ebs gets the ball where we want the players to have and to run.

But before, everybody was in his position and from this, we start our attacks. That's what we're really working on almost every day.

This week, not so often because we don't have time to train. It's more about recovery. But that's also when it just takes time that we get this implemented into the group, into every single player.

Maybe we ask them to do something different than they had to do with their former clubs, but we want them to do this for the team especially.

### “We have to find the right balance”

To be honest, I don't expect a very tactical game because they are playing, especially when we have the ball, more or less a man-to-man defence.

I expect many duels. We talked about it today: it's about winning your duels. Sometimes you try to create an overload on one side or whatever, but it doesn't work when you're man-marked, because then it's always equal. For this we have to prepare.

They're playing very aggressive. They're, as I mentioned, very physical. But on the other side, this is the strength that they always get pressure on the ball. You always get pressure on the attacking players. But on the other side, if you lose a duel, you can have very quickly an underload, and so that means always risk and chance.

We have to find the right balance in playing and also in going into the last line very quickly. And on the other side, we need to be switched on in defending, because they also have different styles of their attacks. Sometimes they go straight from \[Aaron\] Ramsdale to the striker, Onuachu if he plays again, a very physical player.

Sometimes they, especially, they were used to building up every single ball. And then they are very, very good in possession, moving the ball quickly, and also you can see the stats in many games. They have more possession than the opposition and so that would be a good challenge for us.

But the most important thing is that we find the switch from the Cup game and we’re not talking about Aston Villa and thinking about Aston Villa, so really being in the game tomorrow – and then I think it's possible we celebrate a seventh consecutive away win.

### Match Details

**Southampton v Crystal Palace**

- Wednesday, 2nd April
- 19:45 BST
- Premier League
- St. Mary's Stadium
- [Live audio commentary on Palace TV+](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/).

Oliver Glasner has challenged his Crystal Palace players to fully refocus on the Premier League – in which they have 10 matches remaining – after their FA Cup quarter-final win, with their next league assignment away at Southampton on Wednesday, 2nd April (19:45 BST). 

'The goal is 30 points': Key quotes from Glasner's pre-Southampton press conference

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The Eagles return to Premier League action following a lengthy break from top-flight matches, with our previous game the win over Ipswich Town last month.

Richards played the full 90 minutes in our win over Fulham, but will be forced to miss the trip to the south coast. However, he is the only fresh injury concern for the Palace manager.

Glasner said of the defender: "We will miss **Chris Richards** tomorrow. He is struggling a bit with his calf.

"It doesn’t look very serious, so we expect him to be available against Brighton at the weekend. But tomorrow is too early.

“Will Hughes is still banned, but all other players are fit and available.”

**Hughes** missed the quarter-final victory with illness, but is suspended for tomorrow's fixture at St. Mary's Stadium due to accumulation of yellow cards. 

**Chadi Riad** and **Cheick Doucouré** remain long-term absentees.

Glasner also provided a short update on **Jean-Philippe Mateta** following his return to action against Fulham.

"JP is fine," he added. "I think we could see that he didn't have a game for four weeks, so he was a little bit out of the rhythm. 

"These 60-65 minutes helped him to get back into the rhythm. Today's training he had a better one than maybe last week. It looks like he's getting back into his rhythm and that's very positive."

### Match Details

**Southampton v Crystal Palace**

- Wednesday, 2nd April
- 19:45 BST
- Premier League
- St. Mary's Stadium
- [Live audio commentary on Palace TV+](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/).

Oliver Glasner says defender Chris Richards is unavailable for Crystal Palace's trip to Southampton on Wednesday night (19:45 BST).

Glasner’s pre-Southampton update on squad availability 

### Is the match on TV?

**No – this match is not being broadcast live in the UK.**

For UK-based supporters, [**Palace TV+**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/) instead offers **live audio commentary** via [**cpfc.co.uk**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/) and the [**Official Crystal Palace app**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/information/palace-app-upgraded-download-and-use-now/)**.**

### Can I watch if I'm abroad?

[**International viewers can see TV listings here**](https://www.premierleague.com/broadcast-schedules)**.**

### Don't miss a kick

If you can't watch the game, the best place to follow all the action **live** on matchday is the official [**Crystal Palace App**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/information/palace-app-upgraded-download-and-use-now/).

UK supporters should consider [**Palace TV+,**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/) which offers **live audio commentary** via the App and [**cpfc.co.uk**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/). Palace TV+ is our streaming service which shows select live Academy games, first-team commentaries and press conferences throughout the season.

Also with the App, **goal updates** **and other important notifications will be delivered straight to your phone**, keeping you informed of all the goals and key incidents for both sides.

Throughout the game, live **Opta stats** on the app will also keep you up to date with all the action, as well as our **live blog** featuring text commentary from our reporter at the game, ensuring you don’t miss a minute of the action.

Even from well ahead of matchday, you can follow all the build-up to kick-off with **pre-match news and video** all in one place, including previews, interviews and all-important team news.

*Remember, a Palace TV+ subscription is included in all our Gold, Junior Gold and International Membership and Season Ticket+ packages – granting you not only access to live audio and video broadcasts, but also **exclusive Premier League ticket access**, **digital matchday programmes** and more! [**Explore our 24/25 Memberships here**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/memberships/)**.***

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### Warm up for kick-off

Before kick-off, you'll be able to fill the time with content all over [**cpfc.co.uk**](http://cpfc.co.uk/), the App and social media.

Then, attention turns to team news. The club shares team news on the dot – 75 minutes before-kick-off (18:30 v Southampton).

This can be found on [**cpfc.co.uk**](http://cpfc.co.uk/), **the Official App**, [**our WhatsApp Channel**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/information/follow-crystal-palace-official-whatsapp-channel/) and our **X** (formerly Twitter) account instantly, and follows across other social media platforms just moments after.

On **Instagram**, we'll be showing all the behind-the-scenes content from pre-match in our Instagram Stories.

### After the whistle

After the game, the App's **Match Centre** is the place to be for all the reaction, as the Palace TV cameras catch up with the manager and players for their thoughts on the game.

Stay tuned for the Player of the Match votes, where you can pick out your standout performers from the 90 minutes, as well as match highlights.

Every other club channel will also fill with content post-match, right from the final whistle.

Our **X**, **Facebook** and **Instagram** will bring you the best shots and match action from the day as well as all the player responses, stand out stats and every article shared on the site.

**Palace TV** is busy grabbing post-match interviews and each manager's press conference, while two-minute highlights are available that evening and full match highlights follow shortly afterwards for free.

### How to follow

Don't miss out on upcoming matches – keep a close eye across Crystal Palace's official channels:

- [**Download the app**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/news/palace-app-upgraded-download-and-use-now/2021-07-09/)
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Crystal Palace will be hoping to extend their fine away form at Southampton this Wednesday, 2nd April (19:45 BST) – and here's how you can watch and follow the action LIVE!

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