Crystal Palace at the moment are focusing on a “scientific” Premier League ahead as a substitute for Eberechi Eze, amid continued curiosity from Tottenham.
Eze tells Palace to let him be a part of Tottenham
The Athletic’s David Ornstein has now revealed that Eze has knowledgeable Palace of his want to affix Tottenham Hotspur this summer time, with the transfer nonetheless anticipated to undergo, regardless of the 27-year-old beginning in opposition to Chelsea on the weekend.
Consequently, the Eagles will now be tasked with bringing in a substitute for the England worldwide, and Ornstein names Leicester Metropolis’s Bilal El Khannouss and Membership Brugge’s Christos Tzolis as two potential choices.
Nonetheless, a deal for El Khannouss might be tough to orchestrate, because the Moroccan’s launch clause has now expired, and Leicester will likely be powerful negotiators, whereas journalist Sacha Tavolieri has revealed Brugge are extraordinarily reluctant to promote Tzolis.
As such, Crystal Palace could also be compelled to maneuver on to various targets, and they’re now eyeing Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Hwang Hee-chan as a direct substitute for Eze, with Tottenham just lately submitting a bid for the Englishman.
That’s in keeping with Lianos on X, who additionally states the Eagles are weighing up the potential of bringing within the Wolves ahead on a mortgage deal.
The curiosity in Tzolis and El Khannouss stays, however Brugge are enjoying hardball over the previous, having already rejected a £26m provide.
“Scientific” Hwang might reignite profession at Selhurst Park
The 2024-25 marketing campaign wasn’t the South Korean’s finest by any stretch, chipping in with simply two targets within the Premier League, nonetheless, the ahead has beforehand confirmed himself as a dependable goalscorer within the high flight.
Most notably, the 29-year-old chipped in with a powerful 12 targets and three assists for the Outdated Gold within the 2023-24 marketing campaign, throughout which period he was lauded as “scientific” by journalist Alex Richards.
As such, if the Wolves ace, who is understood to pocket £70k-a-week, had been capable of get again to these ranges, he might be a stable signing for Palace, though there are doubts over whether or not the South Korea worldwide ought to be introduced in as a direct substitute for Eze.
Hwang has mostly featured as a centre-forward all through his profession up to now, and Palace want to usher in a participant who specialises in attacking midfield, so El Khannouss, who has two assists in two Championship video games this season, ought to be their high goal.
