Crystal Palace have made contact over the signing of an “elite” defender who has a £83 million launch clause, in accordance with a brand new report.
The Eagles’ three-game unbeaten run in all competitions ended over the weekend as they had been overwhelmed by Fulham at Selhurst Park. It’s a end result that leaves the south Londoners within the relegation zone as stress continues to mount on Oliver Glasner.
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It has been a poor begin to the marketing campaign for Palace, and that has resulted in Glasner coming into the firing line. The Eagles seem eager to again the Austrian as he seems to show this season round, with optimistic outcomes in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Wolves final week serving to his trigger.
Nonetheless, there was discuss of David Moyes and Graham Potter being within the function ought to it turn out to be out there. Whereas they’ve additionally been linked with an ambitious move for Gareth Southgate, that seems not possible to occur at this stage.
Glasner will hope that Palace proceed to again him as he tries to rectify their begin to the season. In the meantime, the Palace board have already got their eyes on one participant forward of January, as they’re plotting a move to sign Sunderland’s Chris Rigg – a participant who is needed by a number of top-flight groups.
Rigg just isn’t the one participant that has emerged on the Palace radar, as they’re additionally eager on a defender who has a hefty launch clause.
In line with Portuguese outlet O Jogo, as relayed by Sport Witness, Crystal Palace have made contact with Benfica over the signing of Tomas Araujo. The 22-year-old has been with the Primeira Liga giants since July 2016, however didn’t turn out to be a mainstay within the first workforce till final season.
Araujo performed 20 occasions in all competitions for Benfica final season and has now established himself as a agency a part of the beginning XI, as he’s began 8 of the aspect’s 10 league video games he has been out there for this season, in addition to beginning three Champions League video games.
This report states that Araujo not solely has curiosity from Palace, but in addition from Chelsea and Newcastle United. The centre-back has a launch clause of €100m, which is roughly £83 million.
That could be a very excessive worth, particularly for a workforce like Palace, however it’s believed that the events would be capable of negotiate a decrease payment forward of a summer season switch.
There hasn’t been something concrete but, so the race to signal Araujo stays very a lot open. However when summer season does arrive, Chelsea and Newcastle will hope they’ll provide one thing Palace cannot within the type of European soccer. The defender is at present taking part in within the Champions League, so it could be thought of unlikely that he’ll look to offer it up simply.
