The on-loan Exeter City defender Dara O’Shea has been attracting the interest from Premier League clubs Bournemouth and Crystal Palace.
The 20-year-old has enjoyed a good loan spell down in the west country at Exeter and as a result earned a Republic of Ireland under-21 call up last month.
According to Devon Live, Crystal Palace have been interested in signing the defender this summer, but parent club West Brom will be thinking twice about letting the youngster go.
He has strengthened the Grecians backline this season and has been a key figure in helping the club fight for a play-off position.
Exeter currently sit seventh in the league table, two points clear of eight place with just one fixture left to play. The club are in a good position heading in to the final day and their defence has been solid throughout the season so far.
The League two side’s manager Matt Taylor spoke to Devon Live back in March about the youngster, in the interview he stated:
He’s still a young defender learning his game and we feel we have played a part in his development and I think that’s a fair comment to say in terms of what we have done at our club with Dara and long may his development continue because he is going to be a very good player.
O’Shea has impressed the Exeter boss and hails the youngster for being an ‘old school centre half’, he continued:
He’s not been perfect in terms if his play, he’s made mistakes, but young players do make mistakes. He has an appetite for learning, an appetite for the game and he’s a bit of an old school centre half which, at times, we have lacked at times this season in terms of going to win the first contact and attacking the ball- plus he’s mobile.
A win for Exeter on Saturday will ensure their place in the play-off’s with the chance of playing League One football next season high on the club’s wish list.
