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Marc Guehi admits it was a 'very tough' decision to leave 'family' at his boyhood club Chelsea and join Crystal Palace in £18m summer move

Marc Guehi has opened up about how tough a decision it was to leave boyhood club Chelsea for Crystal Palace.

The Eagles signed Guehi for £18million in the summer transfer window after he impressed for Swansea on loan from the Blues last season.

The 21-year-old told Sky Sports: 'I've grown up at Chelsea, I've been there since the age of seven, gone through the ranks, gone through the youth team.

Marc Guehi opened up about how tough a decision it was to leave Chelsea

Marc Guehi opened up about how tough a decision it was to leave Chelsea

'So many people helped me get to this point, it was very much a family orientated place that I was made to feel part of so to leave there was a very, very tough decision.