Crystal Palace win race to signal £26m Matheus Franca
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rystal Palace are closing in on a deal price round £26million to signal 19-year-old Flamengo ahead Matheus Franca.
Palace have comply with pay an preliminary £17m for the Brazilian expertise plus an extra £9m in add-ons, as they step up plans to reshape their assault following the exit of Wilfried Zaha.
Franca, who can play throughout the entrance line in addition to in midfield, caught the attention of plenty of Premier League golf equipment following a breakthrough season with Flamengo.
Chelsea and Newcastle had been linked with {the teenager} however Palace have swooped to signal him.
He is because of journey to London this week for a medical and to finalise a transfer to Selhurst Park.
Franca is thought to be an enormous expertise in South America and can be an actual coup for Palace, who’ve misplaced their talisman Zaha this summer time after he rejected the supply of a brand new contract to affix Galatasaray on a free switch.