CRYSTAL PALACE MAKE RECORD £30M BID FOR LIVERPOOL TARGET AND OFFER 4-YEAR DEAL

Crystal Palace have reportedly submitted a club-record £30 million bid for Torino and Serie A defender Perr Schuurs while offering the Dutchman a four-year contract in the Premier League. 

After years of limping along on a limited budget, Crystal Palace owner Steve Parish has shown a willingness to loosen the pursestrings somewhat in recent windows.

In 2021, Marc Guehi joined form Chelsea for £18 million.Cheick  Doucoure arrived for a similar fee around 12 months later.

But breaking their transfer record for Perr Schuurs – a player who has attracted the interest of Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain and more in the recent past – would represent an altogether greater, more expensive statement of intent.

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Accomando adds that Palace are also offering Schuurs a four-year contract. Roy Hodgson’s side hope to secure the 23-year-old’s signature ‘in the next few hours’.

Things might not be quite that simple, however. There could still be a few more twists in the tale before Palace get their fairytale ending.

Tuttosport reported as recently as Monday that Schuurs would prefer a move to Liverpool over Crystal Palace. What’s more, fellow suitors West Ham United have an ace up their sleeve in the shape of Nikola Vlasic.

Vlasic excelled on loan at Torino last season. And the Hammers could reportedly offer the Croatian schemer as a makeweight in a deal that would see Schuurs end up at the London Stadium instead.

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Suggestions that Crystal Palace are willing to break the bank on Schuurs, meanwhile, may raise further questions about the future of both Guehi and Joachim Andersen.

Guehi has caught the eye of some of the Premier League’s biggest hitters. Andersen, meanwhile, is wanted by Champions League-bound Newcastle United.

ystal Palace have offered £30 million. A fee that would make former Ajax youngster Schuurs the biggest signing in Eagles’ history, overtaking Christian Benteke in the history books.

 

The father of Reece James has shared how Despite this, Crystal Palace fans will be gutted to hear how close a top Premier League defender was to signing for the clubclose the England defender was to signing for Crystal Palace.

Reece James has been playing for Chelsea since his youth days. His only time away was a one-season loan at Wigan, where he massively impressed.

Crystal Palace have looked towards the Chelsea academy to pick up players quite a few times. We have seen them loan Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Conor Gallagher over recent seasons.

The father of the English right-back was chatting recently on The Beautiful Game Podcast. Whilst chatting on the show, Nigel James spoke about some of the tougher times his son was having at Chelsea.

This led the player to nearly leave the club. Nigel James said: “Palace were leading the way (to sign Reece James). I honestly looked at it and thought ‘you best get out’. I thought ‘let’s leave Chelsea now’”.

As he continued speaking, he emphasised how he left the final decision to Reece James and that saw him stay at the Blues. The podcast shared how this move nearly happened after his successful loan spell at Wigan.

Since then, Reece James has become an integral part of the Chelsea team. He is now a high-earner on around £250k-a-week and has won three trophies, including the Champions League.

No doubt it was definitely the right move for the English international to stay at Chelsea but no doubt Palace will be imagining what could have been.

James is one of the top right-backs in the division and Chelsea will be hoping he doesn’t suffer injury setbacks like he did last season.

No doubt Palace are still waiting to find a solid right-back. Their two current options are veterans Joel Ward and Nathaniel Clyne so it would be good if they managed to strengthen in that position.