Crystal Palace have been seen as the front-runners for Benfica winger Andre Carrillo who is looking for a way out of the Portugesse club after failing to make his way into the first team on a regular basis, after joining from Sporting CP last season.
According to reports in Portugal, the Premeira Liga side are ‘ready to listen to offers’ for the 26-year-old who scored on three occasions in 32 appearances last season, where he also played 132 minutes of football in the Champions League.
Carrillo is reportedly available for a fee believed to be close to £6m, leaving the Reds with a £2.5m loss on the winger who they signed for £8.5m last July. The Peruvian international can also play as a striker, playing for Benefica as a secondary striker on just one occasion last season.
Football.London report that Palace do face competition for the winger from other Premier League sides with Mark Hughes’ Stoke City having interest in Carrillo with the side looking desperately for reinforcements with Marko Arnautovic, Glenn Whelan and Jonathan Walters all departing in this window so far.
Newcastle United and Watford have both also had interest in the Peru international with the latter of the two teams cooling their interest in the player since the start of the window.
