{"id":565382,"date":"2020-09-10T12:22:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=565382"},"modified":"2020-09-10T12:22:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T16:22:56","slug":"michy-batshuayi-joins-crystal-palace-on-season-long-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/10\/michy-batshuayi-joins-crystal-palace-on-season-long-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Michy Batshuayi Joins Crystal Palace on Season-Long Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> have confirmed the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> striker <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2973d8ff\/Michy-Batshuayi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michy Batshuayi<\/a> on a season-long loan.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian returns to Selhurst Park after spending the second half of the 2018\/19 season on loan across London.<\/p>\n<p>Before making the move, the 26-year-old agreed to a new contract extension at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<h2>Crystal Palace Sign Michy Batshuayi on Season-Long Loan<\/h2>\n<h3>Previous Loan Spell<\/h3>\n<p>Batshuayi&#8217;s first loan spell with the Eagles was extremely successful. He scored six goals in 13 appearances and ended the season as the top-scoring striker in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Palace boss Roy Hodgson will be hoping for a repeat of that form this time round. His side desperately lacked goals last season &#8211; only relegated <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/norwich-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Norwich City<\/a> scored fewer goals than Palace.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it is something that they have looked to address so far in this window. They have already secured the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/28\/crystal-palace-confirm-the-arrival-of-eberechi-eze-from-queens-park-rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">signing of Eberechi Eze<\/a>, whose impressive season in the Championship saw him register 14 goals and eight assists for Queens Park Rangers last season.<\/p>\n<p>However, it will be Batshuayi who will excite fans the most after his previous spell. While he had to wait a while for his first goal &#8211; which came in rather fortuitous circumstances in a 4-1 win over<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_self\"> Leicester City<\/a> &#8211; his poacher-like instinct is something that Palace missed last season.<\/p>\n<h3>How Will Michy Batshuayi Fit in at Selhurst Park?<\/h3>\n<p>Roy Hodgson has used a 4-4-2 formation in pre-season, which differs to the 4-4-3 that the Belgian operated during his first spell in South London.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace boss may revert back to a 4-3-3 formation. However, a continuation of the current 4-4-2 system is not out of the question. Batshuayi could operate alongside Jordan Ayew up-front, with Wilfried Zaha and Eberechi Eze operate out wide.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian has never been given a proper chance in the Premier League after failing to break through at Chelsea. In a full season at Palace, it could be his perfect chance to shine.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"RlkZwgCLRWFiatT0P76WfA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1228419361\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'RlkZwgCLRWFiatT0P76WfA',sig:'0cPLd36-nfu1PEf6K0EVi5lNect5Zq30gcSHqiyzRco=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1228419361',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace have confirmed the signing of Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi on a season-long loan. The Belgian returns to Selhurst Park after spending the second half of the 2018\/19 season on loan across London. Before making the move, the 26-year-old agreed to a new contract extension at Stamford Bridge. Crystal Palace Sign Michy Batshuayi on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":565423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,11,12,3,28],"tags":[46,547,1101,40,136],"class_list":["post-565382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-chelsea","category-crystal-palace","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-chelsea","tag-crystal-palace","tag-michy-batshuayi","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}