Crystal Palace have had a second bid for Queens Park Rangers talisman Eberechi Eze rejected, with Fulham’s interest driving up his price-tag towards the £20 million bracket, according to West London Sport.
While West Ham and Fulham have done their best to throw a spanner in the works, all the signs are still pointing to Eze ending up at Selhurst Park.
The Mail reported on Monday night that the England U21 international has his heart set on injecting some much-needed cutting edge into a Palace side crying out for attacking reinforcements.
Eze is expected to snub newly-promoted Fulham in favour of their London neighbours, although whether Eagles chairman Steve Parish can agree a fee remains to be seen.
With a number of Premier League rivals entering the race, QPR are determined to make somewhere in the region of £20 million for one of the most naturally-gifted, coveted and sellable assets in Championship football.
Crystal Palace have already allegedly had a £12 million offer tossed straight into the garbage and their follow-up bid elicited a similar response from the Loftus Road outfit.
WSL do not make it clear how much Roy Hodgson’s side have put on the table as part of a follow-up bid but, with QPR rejecting it out of sight again, you can only assume that it was short of that £20 million valuation.
If Palace are willing to meet QPR’s demands, Eze will become the third most-expensive signing in their history.
A slaloming attacking midfielder with an eye for the spectacular, the London-born schemer produced 14 goals and eight assists in 2019/20 alone. Crystal Palace, meanwhile, were the second lowest scorers in the top flight, finding the net 31 times in 38 matches.
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