Crystal Palace reportedly want to raid Championship team West Bromwich Albion to sign Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s replacement.
Nathan Ferguson hadn’t even made his first team debut until last month. But West Bromwich Albion are already facing a fight to hang onto their teenage full-back if reports are to be believed.
Crystal Palace sold their Croydon-born academy graduate Aaron Wan Bissaka over the summer and, according to the Sun (23 September, page 61), the Eagles are now trying to replace him with an even younger model.
Ferguson is just seven games into his professional career but he’s already earning rave reviews at West Brom, splitting his time right-back and left-back with his ability to play on both flanks making him almost indispensable to Slaven Bilic.
And with The Baggies desperate to seal a return to the Premier League after coming oh so close last season, it goes without saying that they will be desperate to keep one of their most exciting young talents at The Hawthorns.
The fans certainly believe that a new contract for Ferguson is a must.
His current deal expires at the end of the season and with Crystal Palace’s sporting director Dougie Freedman turning a trip down the M6 into a regular pilgrimage, West Brom need to act fast with the January transfer window looming already.
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