Crystal Palace want Reds man to replace £55m star

KIEV, UKRAINE - MAY 25: Roberto Firmino of Liverpool and Nathaniel Clyne of Liverpool in action during a Liverpool training session ahead of the UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium on May 25, 2018 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
KIEV, UKRAINE - MAY 25: Roberto Firmino of Liverpool and Nathaniel Clyne of Liverpool in action during a Liverpool training session ahead of the UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium on May 25, 2018 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /
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Liverpool defender Nathaniel Clyne could be the subject of a transfer bid from Crystal Palace as they look to replace £55 million star Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

The Reds allowed Clyne to leave on loan to Bournemouth during the second half of last season as he wasn’t getting any first team football – and now Football Insider have reported that the right-back’s time on Anfield could be coming to a permanent end.

According to the website, the 28-year-old has told his pals that he wants to re-join Palace, for whom he played 137 games before leaving for Southampton for a £2.88 million fee in 2012.

Clyne featured over 100 times for the Saints before Liverpool pulled their oldest trick in the book: signing one of the south coast outfit’s top players, which they did in 2015.

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Exactly 103 games later, the England international found himself way down the pecking order at Anfield due to the fact that he’s not a fine enough attacking outlet.

But Palace don’t mind, and intend to replace the outgoing Wan-Bissaka – if his massive, £55 million move to Manchester United is completed.

Clyne is still good enough to be playing football at a Premier League level for the next few years, and this’ll give him the chance to go back to the side who helped mould him as a professional football and give his final years to the Eagles.

There are few good stories in the professional game these days, but a Clyne to Palace move would definitely be one of them. The only downside for Eagles fans would be the loss of Wan-Bissaka, who has had a spectacular year of football.

The England U21 international has emerged from the Palace Academy as one of the finest young right-backs in the league – with probably only Trent Alexander-Arnold as his peer among the top flight.

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Make sure to keep an eye on this deal as if has a few moving parts.