Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parished has admitted he’s ‘astounded’ by the dearth of motion for Eberechi Eze over the summer time.
The Eagles have been braced for a battle to maintain maintain of their greatest stars, with Michael Olise, Eze and Marc Guehi all drawing severe curiosity.
The previous, after all, made an enormous transfer to Bayern Munich. Nevertheless, Palace have been in a position to hold maintain of the latter two.
Guehi was the topic of a number of bids from Newcastle United, however Palace stood agency and stored maintain of their captain, not less than for now.
Eze, in the meantime, was closely linked with the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham, with many Palace followers anticipating the England worldwide — who was part of the Three Lions’ Euro 2024 squad that reached the ultimate — to go away Selhurst Park.
Parish ‘astounded’ by lack of motion for Crystal Palace star Eze
In the long run, the marketplace for Eze simply didn’t transpire as anticipated; one thing that left Parish shocked given the standard of the participant — who notched 11 targets and 4 assists in 27 Premier League appearances final season.
“I used to be actually apprehensive from a membership viewpoint of shedding Michael and Ebbs in the identical window and we didn’t have in Ebbs the curiosity that I believed we might have,” Parish advised Sky Sports activities Information.
“I used to be astounded. Genuinely astounded. I imply, the man’s simply an impressive footballer, an impressive individual.”
Eze has already opened his account for this season, netting a purpose in each the Premier League and EFL Cup. If he continues on this method, the 26-year-old is bound to draw extra curiosity in January.