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title: "Crystal Palace launch £23m bid for Eliaquim Mangala"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Crystal Palace Transfer News"
published: "2017-08-31T08:23:58Z"
modified: "2017-08-31T08:23:58Z"
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# Crystal Palace launch £23m bid for Eliaquim Mangala

Crystal Palace will look to rectify their awful start to the Premier League season by bringing in a couple of fresh faces on Deadline Day.

After seeing a bid worth a total of £25m rejected by Liverpool for Mamadou Sakho earlier this week, the Eagles have turned their attentions to Manchester City outcast Eliaquim Mangala and have lodged a £23m bid for the Frenchman.

> Twitter: Crystal Palace have bid \~£23m for Mangala & optimistic #MCFC will accept. #CPFC want Sakho & vice versa but #LFC refusing to drop £30m price (@bbcsport\_david)

Manchester City are eager to offload Mangala as it’s pivotal to their potential £30m swoop for West Brom’s Jonny Evans but it’s claimed that the player’s preference is a move to Inter Milan who only want to take the player on loan.

![Clive Rose/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readcrystalpalace.com/readcrystalpalace/sites/17/2017/08/673491136-4.jpg)

Palace’s top target is Sakho and they are eager to sign him, with Sakho eager to return to Selhurst Park following a successful loan spell last season, but Liverpool are standing firm on their £30m asking price.

West Brom are also keen on signing Mangala as a replacement for Evans if he leaves for City, but the centre-back who spent last season on loan at Valencia isn’t interested in joining the Baggies.