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title: "Crystal Palace make £7m bid for defender"
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author: "Ste Hoare"
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published: "2017-01-12T10:50:24Z"
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# Crystal Palace make £7m bid for defender

Crystal Palace have made a £7m to Sunderland for full-back Patrick van Aanholt, as per a report from[John Percy of The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/01/12/crystal-palace-transfer-news-7m-bid-lodged-patrick-van-aanholt/).

Sam Allardyce is keen to bring in at least one full back, and possibly two. He’s seemingly been priced out of a move for Leicester’s Jeff Schlupp but is still hopeful of getting Carl Jenkinson on loan from Arsenal.

Allardyce worked with Van Aanholt at Sunderland with the left-back playing a big role in keeping the Black Cats in the Premier League.

Unfortunately for Eagles fans, Palace find themselves in a relegation battle and it looks like Big Sam wants to bring in some experienced players to ensure that he is managing in the top-flight next year.

However, Sunderland are expected to reject the bid for a number of reasons. Firstly, they are keen to keep hold of their better players but if they do decide to cash in, they won’t want to be strengthening a direct rival.