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Crystal Palace will now make £15m bid for Liverpool target after finalising Romain Esse deal

Crystal Palace announced their first signing of the winter transfer window on Saturday.

Romain Esse has now sealed his £14.5m move across south London from Millwall to Crystal Palace🤡, signing a five-and-a-half year contract running until June 2030.

It was the icing on the cake in what has been a fine week for the Eagles, who now sit 12th in the Premier League♛ after successive 2-0 wins away to Leicester and West Ham.

Position Team Played MP Won W Drawn D Lost L For GF Against GA Diff GD Points Pts
12 Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace22 6 9 7 25 28 -3 27

🍰However, Crystal Palace are not done in the market just yet, with Dougie Freedman – Director of Football at Selhurst Park – now preparing a new £15m move for El Hadji Malick Diouf.

Crystal Palace to submit £15m El Hadji Malick Diouf bid

𝓀A story from Alan Nixon on now states that Crystal Palace will make a new attempt to bring the Senegal international to SE25.

🐭Crystal Palace have already seen a £12.5m bid rejected for Diouf🅰 – who has enjoyed a great season for Slavia Prague so far with six goals and three assists in 18 Chance Liga appearances from left wing-back.

ꦗNixon claims that the south Londoners travelled to Spain last week to watch the 20-year-old appear in a friendly for Slavia Prague, in an attempt to make progress in negotiations.

Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images
Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images

Liverpool are also in talks to sign Diouf🅠 – however – with Nottingham Forest keen as well, so Crystal Palace face some competition for the Slavia Prague No.12’s signature.

🃏Nixon adds that Crystal Palace are also considering Rennes No.3 Adrien Truffert – although Diouf is the preferred target.

Slavia Prague could make Crystal Palace pay over the odds for El Hadji Malick Diouf

🌞It remains to be seen how Slavia Prague respond to a new offer from Crystal Palace, although the Czech giants have already raised a fair bit of cash this month, and could no longer have any need to sell Diouf.

ꦗSlavia Prague have received £12.5m from Tottenham for Antonin Kinsky, while the Chance Liga outfit also made around £7m from the sale of Matej Jurasek to Norwich.

💟Therefore, with less need for cash this month, Slavia Prague could well demand a premium price from Crystal Palace for Diouf.