Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has said he will not lose sleep over being installed as one of the favorites for the Manchester United job and admitted captain Marc Guéhi could move to Manchester City this month if the price is right.
The highly-rated Austrian is among the favorites to take charge at Old Trafford as the club's next permanent manager, following the departure of Ruben Amorim on Monday morning.
Glasner, who guided the Eagles to FA Cup success last season, is yet to agree a contract extension at Selhurst Park but is unwilling to worry about anything other than the current job at hand.
“In my [Palace] contract, [is] a paragraph, I tell you, [that] I can't bet and I don't watch it. [the odds]”, the 51-year-old said at a press conference on Tuesday. “I can't give inside information because then I will also break my contract.
“I am the manager of Crystal Palace and I think it is pointless, and it is also a waste of time for you to ask me more questions, so I am not talking about any other club other than Crystal Palace.”
Glasner added: “You can sign a new contract, like the managers did in the Premier League this year, and 1767780204 They are no longer the manager there. Even if I sign a new contract, they could ask me every day: 'What's the future?'
“There is one situation that keeps you in your job when you are a manager, and that is being successful. It is the only thing to survive.” [in] this job.”
Marc Guéhi could arrive at Manchester City
The Austrian manager also admitted that captain Guehi could move to Manchester City this month if Palace's assessment of the player is met.
The English defender is out of contract at the end of the season and was close to a move to Liverpool last summer before Palace pulled out of the deal on deadline day.
Pep Guardiola's team is missing centre-backs after Rúben Dias and Josko Gvardiol were injured during last weekend's draw against Chelsea.
The City manager said on Tuesday that Dias will miss up to six weeks with a hamstring injury, while Gvardiol will undergo surgery on a broken shin this week.
City's defensive crisis has raised the possibility of City seeking to sign Guéhi in January.
“If a player feels too good for a club, it is better to sell him, and if a player is not good enough for a club, he should be sold too,” Glasner said. “To get the best out of your team, there must be a game.”
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When asked if Guéhi and City could be a match in January, Glasner replied: “It could be. I'm not so naïve as to not know that if a massive offer comes from City and Marc wants to do it, it will happen.”
“Nothing in life is one-dimensional,” Glasner said. “Let's say you have a nice car but you need money because it's cold and a window [at home] It's broken and someone offers you a lot of money for your car. You say, 'No, I don't want to sell my car.' I love my car. But I don't want to freeze. Then you say, 'If I can get the window and even a new roof, you can keep the car.' But I'd like to keep it.'
“The same thing happens with Marc. Everyone wants him to play for Crystal Palace, sign a new contract and stay here forever.
“On the other hand, the contract ends this summer and if someone comes and you freeze, there will be a moment when the club will say: 'Now the financial issue is more important than the sporting issue and we have to do it.'
“There will be a threshold where if Marc says he wants to leave and the money is above the threshold, it will happen.”
Palace host Aston Villa on Wednesday night looking for their first win in five league games.
Nathaniel Clyne misses out with a minor groin injury suffered in Sunday's defeat at Newcastle. Jefferson Lerma is also unavailable due to concussion protocol, but defenseman Chris Richards should return to the team.
PA reporting contributed to this story.
