Leeds United, Wolves and Crystal Palace will miss out on Danny Loader with the highly-rated youngster on the verge of signing a three year contract with Porto, according to ESPN.
While the 2019/20 season was far from a stellar one for an England U20 international, with just 107 minutes of football for Reading under his belt, that does not mean he is short of offers after making a splash into the free agent pool.
ESPN claims that Crystal Palace are on the clubs offering him a chance in the Premier League.
The Eagles are understood to be making a concerted effort to inject some youth into the joint-oldest squad in the top flight, and a 19-year-old with vast potential certainly fits the bill.
Sky reported back in May, meanwhile, that Wolverhampton Wanderers were back in for a player who saw a deadline-day switch to Molineux collapse in August 2019.
But both Wolves and Palace, not to mention a Leeds side linked via The Mail, are all set to miss out.
Loader is set to follow in the footsteps of another highly-rated Englishman in Jude Bellingham by taking his talents into mainland Europe.
After seizing the Portuguese title back from bitter rivals Benfica, Porto are expected to make Loader their first signing of the transfer window on a contract until 2023.
And the ex-Reading starlet will be hoping to make a bigger impact in Iberia than Chris Willock, the London-born midfielder who failed to make a single appearance in Benfica’s first-team before returning to England to rebuild his reputation.
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