Oliver Glasner has made no secret of his disgruntlement at what has been happening at Crystal Palace of late and he could be angered even further by another departure from Selhurst Park.
Jean-Philippe Mateta looks set to leave the club before the January transfer window closes at 7pm on Monday night and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi could follow him out of the door, according to reports in l’Equipe.
Mateta looks set to seal a £0million move away from south London to sign for Serie A giants AC Milan, after informing the Eagles he wanted to leave before the January transfer window was out.
Jean-Philippe Mateta Set To Leave Selhurst Park
Mateta was left out of Palace’s squad to take on Nottingham Forest on Sunday as a result of the speculation around his future, leading to Glasner to speak out on the club again.
Ahead of the clash at the City Ground, he said: “He didn’t feel ready to play, he’s not really focused with all the noise around him. It’s very challenging for us, it’s the third time the day before a game we have to cancel a player out of the squad. It was [Eberechi] Eze in the summer, it was Marc Guehi before Sunderland and now it’s JP Mateta.”
Glasner Was Linked With Crystal Palace Sack
Glasner spoke out passionately when he was forced to leave Guehi out of the squad against Sunderland, saying he felt “completely abandoned” by the club’s owners. That led to chairman Steve Parish contemplating sacking the Austrian before his contract expired at the end of this season.
Eventually it was decided he would stay and see out his deal, but he is not a happy manager.
And now there are reports in l’Equipe that Lille could make a late deadline day move to sign former England U21 international Rak-Sakyi.
The 23-year-old is not a first team regular at Palace, not having made an appearance so far this season for the Eagles. He was on loan in the first half of the campaign with Caykur Rizespor in the Turkish Super Lig, but returned to Palace this month and was part of the matchday squad for the last two Premier League matches prior to the game with Forest.
Lille Prepare Late Transfer Window Move
The report states Lille are interested in signing Rak-Sakyi, who scored four goals in 13 appearances in Turkey, and could make a move before the transfer window shuts on Monday.
Glasner only named seven players on the substitutes’ bench for the game with Forest on Sunday with a number of young players among them.
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