Present membership: Crystal Palace

Potential locations: Juventus, Aston Villa, AC Milan, Tottenham, Nottingham Forest

With Jean-Philippe Mateta having already advised Crystal Palace that he desires to depart and the membership listening to provides for the France ahead, this appears like a transfer ready to occur.

The 28-year-old solely has 18 months left on his current deal regardless of signing a contract extension with the Eagles simply over 12 months in the past.

Italian giants Juventus and Premier League Aston Villa are believed to be main the chase for Mateta, who Palace worth at round £40m.

Whether or not they could be sensible to sanction the departure of their main goalscorer this month is one other matter altogether.

Palace followers have seen their crew acquire simply two Premier League factors since 7 December, endure the best shock defeat in FA Cup historical past, by way of league placings, and watch captain Marc Guehi full a change to Manchester Metropolis.

On high of that, supervisor Oliver Glasner has already introduced he might be off this summer season and subsequently launched an assault on the membership’s hierarchy.

Palace ought to have sufficient factors on the board to keep away from being drawn right into a relegation battle. But when their present kind had been to persist for much longer, they may endure a tough ending to a season at present being propped up by the Europa Convention League.