CRYSTAL PALACE hitman Jean-Philippe Mateta is an ambitious people for Lyon — successful a arguable determination planned by John Textor.
Textor, the French club’s American owner, wants them to bid for the in-form prima this summer.
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GettyBut that volition not spell down good astatine Palace, wherever Textor is besides a large shareholder — adjacent if helium is planning to merchantability his stake.
Frenchman Mateta volition beryllium successful request successful the adjacent model and the Eagles volition person a combat connected their hands to support him.
Yet Lyon whitethorn person to scope the Champions League to person a existent accidental of tempting Mateta, who has scored 10 league goals truthful acold this season.
The almighty striker, 27, volition question to articulation an elite club.
Palace would look for astatine slightest £50million for Mateta and if helium continues his form, determination could beryllium large Premier League interest.
Meanwhile, the Eagles person earmarked 2 rising centre-halves to regenerate Marc Guehi — Burnley’s Maxime Esteve and Middlesbrough’s Rav van den Berg.
They realise England defender Guehi volition person to beryllium sold successful the summertime amid involvement from Newcastle, Tottenham and Chelsea.
Palace were priced retired of their archetypal choice, Strahinja Pavlovic, with AC Milan asking for £35m.
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Frenchman Esteve, 22, has been awesome for Burnley successful a defence that has conceded conscionable 9 goals successful 31 Championship games.
Dutch prima Van den Berg, 20, has caught the oculus astatine Boro and Palace volition beryllium watching him intimately successful the run-in this season.
His older member Sepp, 23, plays for Brentford.
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