Crystal Palace have offered €8m for winger – Club negotiating for bigger fee

As Crystal Palace continue with their chase for Sporting winger Issahaku Fatawu, the Portuguese media today brings the latest news on this pursuit.

Record was the newspaper which, back on Saturday, claimed the Eagles are pursuing the 19-year-old.

Now they’re back today, this time to claim that Crystal Palace have offered €8m for Fatawu.

This amount, however, is considered too low by Sporting. It’s claimed that the Lions want to make €15m with the transfer, keeping 20% of a future sale.

The Lisbon club only own 50% of his rights, and that makes it less likely that they’d give big discounts.

Record writes that Sporting are aware of Crystal Palace’s current financial conditions, as the Selhurst Park side are about to sell Michael Olise to Chelsea, so the talks go on.

The Eagles could even find some competition from Real Valladolid, who are also interested in Fatawu, but the newspaper claims the player isn’t keen on moving to the Spanish second division.

So Crystal Palace have their preference, and just need a few more millions to get that agreement done.

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McCarthy has entered the final year of his current contract at Southampton and is eyeing a move back to the Premier League this summer.

Crystal Palace are searching for a new No2 behind Sam Johnstone after veteran Vicente Guaita refused to play in pre-season as he seeks to force an exit. McCarthy was previously Wayne Hennessey’s deputy at Selhurst Park during the 2015/16 season.

Everton, meanwhile, are operating on a limited budget this season as they strive to stay on the right side of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. Much of their business this summer has therefore been focused on loan signings.

The Toffees want heightened competition for Jordan Pickford and Joao Virginia, and have been interested in 33-year-old McCarthy for a while.

Standard Sport understands that newly-promoted Luton enquired about the one-time England international at the beginning of the transfer window, but talks — which were in their early stages — collapsed.

Southampton may be willing to let McCarthy leave for free this summer due to his significant wages — believed to be £50,000 a week — and it is understood that Luton were unable to cover his demands.