Crystal Palace ready to offload Townsend
Premier League bottom side, Crystal Palace are ready to make some drastic decisions in a bid to turn our season around as The Mirror reports that England winger, Andros Townsend could be off loaded in the January transfer window to fund a move for a striker, as the London side have struggled for goals all season, scoring none in the seven matches we have played so far. The former Tottenham man has not hit the heights expected of him since moving from Newcastle at the beginning of last season, and could be sold to Leicester who came for his signature in the summer transfer window.
Club record signing, Christian Benteke is out injured for some weeks while Wilfried Zaha is still rehabilitating from a nasty injury, meaning that Palace don’t have a player that can play in a central forward role. Leicester boss, Craig Shakespeare is a big admirer of the classy left footed player, having come for him in the summer transfer window to offer width and pace to his attack, as Riyad Mahrez looked set to leave The King Power Stadium with his best sankle brace. Crystal Palace have broken all sorts of unwanted records in Premier League history, as we are the first team ever to lose all opening seven matches without registering a single goal, bet for or against Palace in their next match with boyle sport free bet as they will look to gather their first league point in the match.
Frank de Boer was sacked by Palace supremo, Steve Parish after just four games, but it would seem that the Dutchman was not the problem as we have lost three matches on the bounce under Roy Hodgson. This weekend sees us face another acid test as we are at home against Premier League champions, Chelsea who are seeking to bounce back after their last loss to title rivals, Manchester City. Palace have been linked to Turkish striker, Cenk Tosun after scouting him on numerous occasions this season, but at least £18m is needed to prise him away from Besiktas and will need money from player sales to fund the move.
Townsend, 26 is a 13-time England international who made his debut for The Three Lions back in 2013 who is a left footed player that can play on the left and right of an attacking midfield trio. He joined Palace in 2016 and has since scored 3 times in 49 appearances.