Crystal Palace eyeing ‘really exceptional’ attacker with £20.5m release clause

Crystal Palace have lost key winger Wilfried Zaha and now they have been linked with a move for attacking player Crysencio Summerville.

According to Mike McGrath at The Telegraph, Crystal Palace have targeted Crysencio Summerville. He is ‘admired’ but the club would need to determine Leeds United’s plans for him next season.

It is no shock to see them now hunting for a left-winger now that club legend Zaha has left. They need to act fact in the transfer window now as the season starts in a few weeks.

With Leeds relegated last season, Crystal Palace are looking to sign one of their more exciting players. Summerville showed his potential last campaign in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace admire Summerville

The ‘really exceptional‘ talent is only 21 years-old but showed that he can play to a top level already. He shone on occasions for Leeds in the Premier League.

He is definitely a future prospect but also someone who could feature a lot for a Premier League side like Crystal Palace.

The Leeds winger is also very versatile as he can play on the right-wing as well as the left-wing. It would be great for the Eagles to have a versatile winger as Michael Olise will reportedly miss the start of the season due to injury.

Summerville also fits the bill for the type of transfer Palace target over the last couple of seasons. They have signed lots of young talent who have top potential like Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi.

With teams around them making a fair few signings to strengthen, Palace need to start being more active in the transfer window. Reports suggest that Summerville has a £20.5million release clause.

They do not want to be battling relegation next season and in order to do this they definitely need to improve the attacking quality at the club.

Crystal Palace to begin talks with Everton winger Demarai Gray this week after Wilfried Zaha news

Everton winger Demarai Gray is set to snub offers from Saudi Arabia in favour of joining Crystal Palace, as the South London side are expected to open talks for the player this week, according to Football Transfers.

The online outlet shared on 24 July that Gray is expected to join Palace this summer as he wishes to remain in the UK where his family is settled, despite approaches from Saudi Arabia. Everton have set their price for the winger at £12million.

Gray has become a top target for Palace after the club were left disappointed by Wilfried Zaha’s decision to snub the offer of a new contract in favour of joining Turkish giants Galatasaray.

For £12million, the club should take it and run

If Crystal Palace offer the reported price tag of £12million for Gray, Everton should take it and run.

The deal would represent a profit of £10.5million on a player who has hardly set the world alight at Goodison Park after he joined the Toffees from Leverkusen for just £1.5million just two years ago.

Gray has managed to score just nine Premier League goals across two seasons at Everton, with just four from 33 games last season, and has also provided just five assists in the same time frame.

For context, the departing Zaha managed 21 goals in his last two seasons in South London, which would prove an almost impossible task for Gray to replicate.

Palace have a reportedly small budget this summer, with Jefferson Lerma their only signing so far on a free transfer from Bournemouth, so if they stump up £12million on Gray, Everton would be getting the much better end of the deal.

Gray’s departure could allow Everton to explore more ambitious options as they remain interested in Leeds winger Willy Gnonto after Arnaut Danjuma arrived already.