Aston Villa have immediately begun pursuing a transfer for Crystal Palace wantaway Jean Philippe-Mateta.
Switch professional confirmed the information this afternoon, including that Palace are, in flip, sizing up a deal for 24-year-old Villa ahead Evann Guessand.
Jean-Philippe Mateta: The state of play amid Palace’s ongoing woes
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in current days, notably since Oliver Glasner introduced he wouldn’t be staying past the top of the marketing campaign and the membership sanctioned captain Marc Guehi’s departure to Manchester Metropolis.
The striker has been in talks with Besiktas and Juventus, though he might now choose to proceed within the Premier League with the title-chasing Villans, who’ve simply bid farewell to Donyell Malen following his mortgage change to AS Roma.
Mateta and the Pink Devils: What’s been stated up so far?
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during the last 12 months, so they are going to undoubtedly be preserving tabs on how the scenario progresses.
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*Mateta’s full league file since becoming a member of Palace in January 2021
Their curiosity got here amid INEOS’ seek for a prolific goalscorer final summer season, but they finally favoured a a lot youthful possibility than the 28-year-old Frenchman by signing Benjamin Sesko in a £73 million deal.
Since then, although, Ruben Amorim and, now, Michael Carrick, have utilised the likes of Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha up entrance, the previous of which discovered the breakthrough in Saturday’s Manchester derby to mark his eighth objective in all competitions this time period.
Mateta has began all 22 of the Eagles’ league fixtures to date. If he agrees a transfer to Villa Park, he will likely be immediately vying with in-form Ollie Watkins and the versatile Morgan Rogers.
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