Crystal Palace £15m short of striking potential deal for ‘incredible’ Arsenal target

Crystal Palace and Arsenal have both been linked with Torino’s Perr Schuurs in recent weeks.

For instance, Tuttosport recently claimed that the Eagles have contacted the defender’s agents over a prospective move.

Meanwhile, Dean Jones told Arsenal fans in June that Schuurs is a ‘left-field name to look out for’ as a potential Gunners signing.

“They (Arsenal) scouted him from a while back,” Jones wrote on GiveMeSport.

“From what I have been told, he has the adaptability and strong playing foundations to build on.

“And he has the room for broadening his skillset that Arteta likes.”

Now, it looks like Palace are ahead of Arsenal with regards to winning the race for Schuurs.

Wednesday’s edition of Tuttosport (19/7/23, pgs 10-11, 13) provided an update on the Eagles and the Dutchman.

At the moment, the ‘most interesting and intriguing proposal’ is from Palace, claimed the report.

The Eagles have apparently offered €32m (£27.8m). This is still €8m (£7m) short of how much Torino chairman Urbano Cairo wants.

The two clubs are currently ‘distant’ but the talks between them could ‘reopen’ once Palace cash in from Joachim Andersen.

Schuurs is in no rush to leave. As per the report, he’s willing to continue with the Turin club if they don’t receive an acceptable offer.

Two of Palace’s defenders, Anderson and Marc Guehi, have been linked with moves away from Selhurst this summer.

With that in mind, the Eagles need to be looking out for replacements, so it’s good to hear they’re reportedly looking at Schuurs.

Admittedly, this path has turned a little cold for now, but the report suggests things could accelerate once Andersen goes.

Meanwhile, Arsenal have signed Jurrien Timber, so it remains to be seen whether they will look to make another defensive addition.

However, with the Gunners looking ahead to a busy season where they’ll be fighting on four front, they could do with further strength in depth.

Schuurs is an ‘incredible‘ defender who, at just 23 years of age, has his whole career ahead of him.

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While it’s well known that Chelsea are interested in signing Elye Wahi from Montpellier to potential then loan him out to RC Strasbourg, there is another Premier League club on the case.

That’s according to L’Equipe, who reveal at the end of an article on the youngster’s transfer situation that Crystal Palace have made the first move.

With Strasbourg now managed by Patrick Vieira, who left the Eagles last season, it wouldn’t be surprising for the London club’s scouting department to have reports on Wahi, and perhaps that’s where it all started.

That’s just us speculating, but L’Equipe claim that Crystal Palace have ‘invited themselves into the talks’ regarding a transfer for the forward, who scored 19 goals in 33 league goals last season.

In fact, both they and Atlético Madrid have made a ‘verbal offer’ to the French club, although the amounts of these bids have yet to be revealed.

Therefore, with Chelsea, Crystal Palace and the La Liga side all fighting over the player, we’ll have to wait and see what happens, but the ‘next few days are going to be decisive’.

That’s what L’Equipe say, adding that the player, still on holiday, hopes to come back from his time off to be able to ‘get back to training next week with his new club’.