‘Would be great’: Manager wants to sign Crystal Palace ace, £19.5m bid reported

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Julian Nagelsmann has confirmed his desire to bring Crystal Palace striker Alexandar Sorloth to RB Leizpig this summer, while speaking to BILD.

One of the best-run clubs in European football is used to seeing key players depart and this summer has been no different.

Talisman and top scorer Timo Werner swapped Leipzig for London, joining Chelsea in a deal worth about £50 million, while Patrik Schick has returned to Roma after rebuilding his ailing reputation on loan at the Red Bull Arena.

And the Champions League semi-finalists, it seems, have turned to Selhurst Park as they look to replace a pair of strikers who scored a combined 44 goals in 2019/20.

“Sorloth is definitely a player who would help us,” Nagelsmann said. “He scored a lot of goals last season. If he could repeat this quota in the Bundesliga, that would be great.”

With funds tight all over Europe, it remains to be seen whether Crystal Palace will accept a bid for their seldom-seen Norwegian to fund signings of their own.

The Times claims Leipzig have offered £16 million, rising to £19.5 million, after Sorloth’s staggering loan spell in Turkey.

He scored 33 times at Trabzonspor, firing the club to Turkish cup glory while lifting the Super Lig’s golden boot.

In truth, a goal-shy Palace side could do a lot worse than hand a chance to a striker who made just 16 appearances under Roy Hodgson before being farmed out.