da bet sport： Crystal Palace fans have taken to Twitter to react after The Guardian’s Ed Aarons revealed that the Eagles are interested in signing Strasbourg defender Mohamed Simakan, who is valued at €25m (£21.3m).
da esoccer bet： Two more Premier League sides in Southampton and Watford are also interested in signing the 19-year-old, who had never made a senior appearance before the current campaign.
Simakan has made 19 appearances across all competitions for the Ligue 1 side this season, including five outings in the Europa League.
The teenager can also play in a number of different positions, having appeared at centre-back seven times this term, while also enjoying four outings at right-back – additionally, Simakan has made one appearance at right-midfield and another in defensive-midfield.
Incidentally, the south Londoners are currently quite light in the right-back department, as Roy Hodgson has just one natural right-back in Joel Ward within his squad – even he is currently out injured with Martin Kelly covering for him.
It would be a real statement to spend over £20m on a player as inexperienced as Simakan, so let’s see how the Palace fans on Twitter reacted to the news.
These two supporters seem to be in favour of the move.
One fan named Daniel said that Simakan “would be a top signing” before telling Steve Parish to get him before he becomes “unreachable”.
Another supporter named Alex simply said “bring the boy in” – a short and sweet verdict.
Elsewhere, these fans expressed doubt over Palace actually shelling out as much as £21.3m for the defender, with one saying that the Eagles won’t pay anything over £10m, while another said “that’s Palace out then” before suggesting that the club’s transfer budget is merely “£2.50 and a can of Fanta”.
Lastly, this Palace fan doesn’t seem too keen on spending a lot on Simakan.
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The supporter named Ben said that he’d only want to sign a defender for about £10m – £15m.
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