Crystal Palace reportedly want to bring Michy Batshuayi back to Selhurst Park from Premier League high-flyers Chelsea.
Maybe Crystal Palace fans haven’t seen the last of Michy Batshuayi in red and blue after all.
According to The Mail, The Eagles are hoping to get their claws stuck into a Belgian international striker in January. Batshuayi scored six goals in 11 starts during a loan spell at Selhurst Park between January and May and, if Chelsea are willing to part ways, he would be welcomed back at Palace with open arms, not only by Roy Hodgson but by the fans he won over immediately with his infectious enthusiasm and clinical finishing.
The Mirror (8 October, page 53) claims that Chelsea could be willing to sell for £22 million. That’s not cheap, of course, but a new striker is pretty much priceless for Crystal Palace.
If Roy Hodgson can guide the Londoners into sixth with Jordan Ayew up front, imagine the miracles he could produce with a natural goalscorer like Batshuayi leading the line instead. This could be the best £22 million owner Steve Parish has ever spent.
Batshuayi, Andros Townsend and Wilfried Zaha is a front three that many Premier League teams would kill for after all.
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