After a summer when the noise around the transfer window threatened to reach deafening levels, with players forcing moves through by going on strike and releasing angry statements on social media, it was refreshing to see Marc Guéhi do his talking on the pitch during England’s thrashing of Serbia on Tuesday.
The defender’s understated brilliance during an impeccable team performance in Belgrade was nothing new. Guéhi is a fine player, so smooth in everything he does on and off the ball. It is why Liverpool wanted to sign him. Unfortunately for the 25-year-old it is also why he became the main character in one of the transfer window’s biggest stories when Crystal Palace ended weeks of uncertainty by refusing to sell him to the Premier League champions on deadline day.
