Crystal Palace want Reds man to replace £55m star
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.