Cenk Tosun looks set to be handed a Premier League lifeline by Palace despite his struggles at Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton.
Cenk Tosun is hopeful of sealing a January move to Crystal Palace, according to Turkish Football, after Roy Hodgson’s side entered advanced negotiations with the Everton misfit.
It is hard to believe now, with a Turkey international struggling for game time under a succession of managers at Goodison Park, that he moved to Merseyside for a staggering £27 million just two years ago, as reported by Sky Sports.
But if Tosun was hoping that the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti would save his Everton career, he was very much mistaken.
While the legendary tactician has been effusive of his praise for Dominic Calvert-Lewin, the former Besiktas star is yet to play a single minute of football since the former PSG and Real Madrid boss arrived. He was even left out of the matchday squad for last weekend’s humiliating FA Cup defeat to Liverpool’s kids.
According to Turkish Football, Tosun is hopeful of staying in England ahead of Euro 2020, and Crystal Palace could be about to come to his rescue.
It is claimed that Palace have now reached advanced negotiations to sign a man they have wanted for some time with the 28-year-old very much open to a move to Selhurst Park.
Tosun might have flattered to deceive at Everton but his outstanding record at Besiktas should give Palace fans hope that he could be the natural goalscorer they have needed since Christian Benteke’s debut season in the capital.
He fired the Istanbul giants to successive Super Lig titles and, as recently as 2017/18, netted four in six Champions League group-stage games.
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