On Wednesday, we saw newspaper Record reporting that Crystal Palace placed an €8m offer for Sporting winger Issahaku Fatawu.
That bid was said to be rejected by the Lions, who are apparently just letting him go for a €15m offer plus 20% of a future transfer.
It turns out that as A Bola comes up to talk about this chase today, they say Crystal Palace actually put a little more on the table.
Clubs are said to be ‘in negotiations’, and the process will ‘remain ongoing’.
What A Bola makes clear is that Fatawu isn’t that affected about the move. It’s claimed that even though Sporting manager Ruben Amorim doesn’t have the player in his plans for the season, he’s not concerned about the situation, and ‘does not mind staying’ at the club.
So while Crystal Palace negotiate with Sporting, it seems they won’t have some help for the player pushing for the transfer, and need to up their bid a little to match the Lions’ demands.
