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title: "Crystal Palace agree fee to sign McCarthy – a good purchase for the Eagles?"
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# Crystal Palace agree fee to sign McCarthy – a good purchase for the Eagles?

James McCarthy will prove to be a good signing for Crystal Palace, bringing a wealth of experience to Roy Hodgson’s side.

BBC Sport’s David Ornstein has confirmed on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david/status/1158868262781894656?s=20) that the 28-year-old was on his way to London late on Tuesday night, after Everton and Palace agreed a fee for his services.

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The deal is worth £3 million and McCarthy will undergo a medical and complete the move on Wednesday.

**Read Crystal Palace Verdict**

It’s been a frustrating summer at Selhurst Park, not least because of Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s exit and Wilfried Zaha’s potential departure.

Many are predicting Hodgson’s men to be in a relegation scrap this season, but the addition of McCarthy will help in that respect.

The midfielder is hugely experienced in the Premier League and provides box-to-box energy that will prove influential for Palace.

Not only that, he will add much-needed squad depth, giving competition to the likes of Cheikhou Kouyate, Luka Milivojevic and James McCarthur.

A broken leg suffered in 2017/18 does have the potential to have taken an edge off McCarthy’s game, but he should flourish with more game time than he managed at Everton.