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title: "Crystal Palace and Leicester to fight over Kara Mbodj"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Crystal Palace Transfer News"
published: "2017-05-23T10:52:03Z"
modified: "2017-05-23T10:52:03Z"
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# Crystal Palace and Leicester to fight over Kara Mbodj

Crystal Palace are fairly resigned to the fact that they will be unable to keep Mamadou Sakho.

The defender made a major impact after arriving from Liverpool on loan in January despite making just eight appearances as the Eagles battled their way out of a relegation scrap.

Sakho did enough in those games to earn rave reviews and force Liverpool to slap a £30m price-tag on the Frenchman’s shoulders.

After a falling out with Jurgen Klopp last summer, Sakho’s days at Anfield were always numbered and he appears set to leave the club on a permanent basis this summer, but Crystal Palace won’t be the destination.

Sam Allardyce has been forced to assess other targets and the [Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-crystal-palace-set-transfer-10478515) believe he’s interested in bringing Anderlecht defender Kara Mbodj to the club, but he faces competition from Leicester.

Mbodj was a target of Allardyce’s during his time at West Ham and the Eagles also tried for the Senegalese centre-back in January but saw their efforts rebuffed.

Anderlecht are now willing to part ways with the 27-year-old who has been determined to complete a move to the Premier League for a number of years.