Palace fail in bid to re-sign Jose Fonte

Bringing in a defender or two is definitely on Sam Allardyce’s agenda this month, but he can add another player to the ‘missed out on’ pile.

Twitter: Sounds like #cpfc came on for Jose Fonte yesterday but he had already agreed a move to #whufc #saintsfc (@alex_crook)

According to talkSPORT’s Alex Crook, Crystal Palace made an eleventh hour bid to re-sign Southampton captain Jose Fonte yesterday but the veteran defender had already agreed a move to West Ham.

The Eagles signed the 33-year-old centre-back in the summer of 2007 and Fonte went on to make 92 appearances for the club in two-and-a-half-years at the club, scoring six times before joining Southampton in a £1.2m deal in January 2010.

Fonte has spent the last 2010 years at St. Mary’s but he handed in a transfer request at the start of the January window and is having a medical today ahead of a move to London rivals West Ham for a reported £8m.

Allardyce has already missed out on one defender in Carl Jenkinson this week after the right-back failed to agree personal terms with the club, but he’s not giving up that easily as he eyes a move for Sunderland’s Patrick van Aanholt.