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title: "Palace make bid to sign Brazilian international"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ste Hoare"
section: "Crystal Palace News"
published: "2016-08-25T11:13:10Z"
modified: "2016-08-25T11:13:10Z"
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# Palace make bid to sign Brazilian international

Crystal Palace have made a proposal to Santos in an attempt to sign midfielder Lucas Lima, according to a report from [UOL Esporte](https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2016/08/25/crystal-palace-oferece-contrato-de-teste-de-um-ano-a-lucas-lima.htm), a Brazilian news outlet.

However, the player and his representatives are reluctant to accept the offer for the 26-year-old as Palace want to take him on loan for a season, with a view to a permanent transfer.

Furthermore, the Brazilian international is said to be happy to wait for offers from more established European clubs but has admitted that he dreams of a move to either England or Spain.

![Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readcrystalpalace.com/readcrystalpalace/sites/17/2016/08/543170250.jpg)

Santos would also like a permanent transfer rather than a loan deal, as they actually only own 10% of the player’s rights. As is common with a lot of South American players, an investment agency owns 80% of Lima’s rights, whilst an entrepreneur, Edson Khodor, owns the remaining 10%.

It looks like Lima wants a move to England and that Palace are certainly interested but there are seemingly a number of issues that would need to be resolved for any transfer to go through.