Crystal Palace Want Chunk Of £67.5m Eze Fee Up Front As Arsenal Talks Continue

Arsenal person been informed that they would person to salary much than half of Eberechi Eze’s merchandise clause up beforehand to motion nan England forward, pinch Crystal Palace wished not to let him to time off for little than a interest that could scope up to £67.5m including bonuses.

It is understood Arsenal officials person held first talks pinch Palace complete a woody for Eze, who has 2 years near connected his statement astatine Selhurst Park. Palace are believed to person indicated that they are not consenting to judge immoderate bids beneath nan 27-year-old’s merchandise clause and want £35m successful advance, pinch nan remainder of his first £60m interest owed successful instalments.

The clause includes up to £7.5m successful add-ons and is thought to expire earlier nan Premier League play kicks disconnected connected 16 August, though that is not understood to impact Palace’s valuation of nan subordinate they signed from Queens Park Rangers successful 2020 for a interest worthy up to £19.5m. QPR are believed to beryllium owed a 20% sell-on interest if he departs. Arsenal officials are understood to person met pinch Eze’s representatives past period to talk individual position and he is thought to beryllium keen to return to nan nine wherever he was released arsenic a 13-year-old.

Having committed much than £200m connected six players during this window, Arsenal are hoping to move connected respective fringe players that could thief money a move for Eze. There is liking successful Leandro Trossard from different Premier League clubs arsenic good arsenic Borussia Dortmund, pinch nan Belgium guardant yet to motion an hold connected his woody that expires adjacent summer, though Arsenal person an action to widen it by 12 months. Reiss Nelson is being targeted by Fulham, while Albert Sambi Lokonga, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fábio Vieira would besides beryllium allowed to depart for nan correct price.

With nan entreaty against their demotion from nan Europa League owed to beryllium heard astatine nan tribunal of arbitration for athletics connected aliases earlier 11 August, Palace are besides facing uncertainty complete the early of skipper Marc Guéhi. He is wanted by Liverpool but nan Premier League champions person truthful acold been reluctant to meet Palace’s valuation for nan defender, whose statement expires adjacent summer.

Palace are believed to person lined up Ousmane Diomande from Sporting arsenic a imaginable replacement for Guéhi, while they are besides willing successful Bilal El Khannouss of Leicester. But pinch goalkeeper Walter Benítez and defender Borna Sosa nan only caller additions to nan squad truthful far, head Oliver Glasner has admitted his disappointment astatine Palace’s deficiency of activity. “Even though each nan players are still here, we haven’t made nan astir of nan transportation model truthful far,” nan head told Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung during nan club’s pre-season tour. “I was promised that we would beryllium much progressive and bring successful nan caller players earlier this year.

“As of now, I person 17 outfield players. I dream we don’t suffer immoderate more. If that happens and we get 4 caller ones connected deadline time for illustration past year, different mendacious commencement is possible”. Glasner has yet to reopen talks astir extending his contract, which expires astatine nan extremity of adjacent season.

Palace grounded to triumph immoderate of their opening 8 Premier League fixtures past play but went connected to decorativeness 12th and picked up their first awesome trophy acknowledgment to Eze’s victor against Manchester City successful nan FA Cup final. They return to Wembley to look Liverpool successful nan Community Shield connected 10 August.