Crystal Palace make first move for £21m gem drawing De Bruyne comparisons – Fabrizio Romano
The latest news from Fabrizio Romano has provided an update on Crystal Palace and their pursuit of Matheus Franca.
The player has been heavily linked to Crystal Palace for a while now. Fellow Premier League side Newcastle have also been linked.
The Eagles have only made one signing so far this summer in Jefferson Lerma. It was also confirmed that Roy Hodgson would be coming back on a one-year deal.
Crystal Palace make first move for Matheus Franca
Romano posted this exciting update on Franca. He said: “Crystal Palace have submitted a formal proposal for Matheus França. Talks are ongoing for the Brazilian talent.
“Understand França’s open to the move despite interest from Chelsea — CFC spoke to Flamengo but no bid as €25m is still excessive.”
It would be great to see the Eagles make a move and sign this exciting 19 year-old talent who has drawn comparisons to Kevin De Bruyne.
He is also versatile as he has played on the wing, as an attacking midfielder and also as a second striker. The Brazilian is only 19 years-old and is a highly-rated prospect. This is proven by the fact that Chelsea are also keen on him.
With some exciting attacking talent already at the club like Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze, and Wilfried Zaha technically not a Palace player anymore, Franca seems like a very good coup if the club were able to sign him.
The clubs in the Premier League are increasing in strength on quality season-by-season and therefore the Eagles need to make sure they don’t fall behind.
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It’s an important summer for Roy Hodgson and Steve Parish at Crystal Palace, with both the chairman and the first-team manager needing the form that the Eagles showed at the back end of last season continuing in 2023/24.
Much of that momentum will be gained by how well the south Londoners work the transfer market.
Their talisman, Wilfried Zaha, still hasn’t signed for any other club and all the while that status quo remains, the Selhurst Park outfit are in with a shout of tempting him to stay.
It will be imperative that the right type of player is brought in before the start of the campaign to convince Zaha that his immediate future lies in south London, and to that end, it’s believed that one potential €15m target will make a final decision on the move shortly.
According to UOL, the Eagles have made a bid of €15m for Flamengo’s 19-year-old star, Matheus Franca, a player that John Textor, an investor in Botafogo and a shareholder at Palace, is keen to see arrive in south London.
Having already made 28 appearances for the Brazilian outfit per UOL, Franca clearly has pedigree at the top level, and if he and his club are to give the thumbs up to the deal, €15m could seem like a steal in the long run.
Everything should become clearer in the coming days and start to give Zaha some food for thought too.
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