Crystal Palace target new £15m transfer move as former Brentford trialist eyed
Premier League clubs have until the end of the January transfer window to bring in new faces ahead of the second-half of the season. Teams also have the chance to let some players leave should they wish to.
Liverpool continue to battle it out at the top of the table with Arsenal. Meanwhile, the likes of Southampton, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Wolves and Everton are fighting for survival.
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Crystal Palace to launch new El Hadji Malick Diouf move
According to reporter Alan Nixon on his Patreon, Crystal Palace will make a ‘new move’ worth £15million for Slavia Prague left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf. The Eagles are keen to lure the player over to England this winter.
Malick Diouf, who is 20-years-old, is now a Senegal international with one cap under his belt. He is being tipped for a bright future in the game and could be seen by Oliver Glasner as one for the future at Selhurst Park.
The full-back caught the eye of Tromsø IL in the Academie Mawade Wade academy in Senegal and broke into the first-team of the Norweigen club. Slavia Prague then snapped him up in January last year on a four-and-a-half year deal and he has since become a key player.
West Ham ‘could sign’ Corinthians attacker Yuri Alberto for a fee in the region of £20million this winter, according to Football Insider. He may be seen by the Hammers as someone to bolster their attacking department.
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Graham Potter has recently taken over at the London Stadium and has the opportunity to put his own stamp on his newly inherited squad over the coming weeks. His side were beaten 2-0 at home by Crystal Palace this weekend.
Speaking after their defeat to the Eagles, he said: “In terms of the performance today, it wasn’t one that we’re so happy about and obviously the result we’re disappointed with because I don’t think we deserved to get anything from the game.
“We have to accept that as much as it’s not nice to hear, we have to be honest with ourselves and say ‘Okay, we need to do better, we need to find a way to be better’ and that’s where the process is, that’s where the work is and that’s what we need to do.”
Former Brentford trialist Stuart Armstrong wanted
Brentford had a look at Stuart Armstrong on trial last summer, as per the Daily Mail. The Scotland international was a free agent following his exit from Southampton.
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The Bees ended up not signing him though. That opened the door for the former Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Dundee United and Celtic man to head over to Canada to join Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS.
In this latest update regarding his situation though, journalist Nixon has claimed on Patreon that he is now ‘open’ to a return to England and Burnley has emerged as a potential next destination. Scott Parker’s side are currently eyeing promotion from the Championship and drew 0-0 with Sunderland last time out.
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