{"id":605990,"date":"2021-12-26T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=605990"},"modified":"2021-12-25T18:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T23:40:53","slug":"premier-league-eddie-nketiah-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/26\/premier-league-eddie-nketiah-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace \u2018Ready\u2019 to Make Offer for Rival\u2019s Star as Charlie Wellens Set for Jose Mourinho Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League clubs will be involved in a reduced fixture schedule today, but there is plenty of transfer news circulating ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/25\/january-transfer-window-2022-deadlines\/\" target=\"_self\">January transfer window 2022<\/a> opens.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s everything you need to know today (December 26) as Crystal Palace eye up a rival club&#8217;s striker to boost their attacking department. Meanwhile, Roma boss Jose Mourinho is reportedly keeping close tabs on a Manchester United youngster.<\/p>\n<h2>Premier League Transfer Latest as Eddie Nketiah Transfer Interest Hots Up<\/h2>\n<h3>Crystal Palace \u2018Ready\u2019 to Make Offer for Rival Club\u2019s Striker<\/h3>\n<p>Crystal Palace remain keen on signing striker Eddie Nketiah despite the forward&#8217;s desire to move to the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>Nketiah, 22, is subject to long-term interest from the Eagles but is keen on a free transfer to Germany in order to secure a &#8220;major payday&#8221; as well as more regular playing time.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/17139594\/eddie-nketiah-crystal-palace-transfer-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun <\/a>Palace are &#8220;hovering&#8221; around Nketiah and ready to offer the young forward more regular minutes in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>No concrete transfer offer has been made, although <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_self\">Palace<\/a> sporting director Dougie Freedman watched Eddie Nketiah net a hat-trick in Arsenal&#8217;s 5-1 win over Sunderland in the League Cup last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1360267163\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 75.589226% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1360267163?et=IMN98ZlzSGBbxRinMFj5aA&amp;tld=co.uk&amp;sig=GHdgzP7_jdogTA1Re72IEn5BwFDjHevH4cgz1yTgxX0=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"449\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Celtic Boss Confirms Interest to Sign Tottenham Defender on Permanent Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou is keen on signing defender Cameron Carter-Vickers on a permanent deal after a run of impressive performances on-loan from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham<\/a> in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The USA international has quickly established himself as a regular fixture in Postecoglou&#8217;s set-up north of the border, and it is no surprise that there is a desire to make his addition permanent.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he wants to keep Carter-Vickers, the Celtic boss told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/cameron-carter-vickers-targeted-celtic-25779835\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Daily Record<\/a>: \u201cAbsolutely. I wouldn\u2019t have brought him in if I thought it was just a short-term thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the players we have brought in, we have done so with some thought around building a team. And building a team means more than just 12 months. A lot of that depends on the player himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut those discussions will happen over the next couple of months. January gives us an opportunity to look at our squad again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can have a think about what we want to do in this window and beyond. Part of that discussion will be around players we have on loan and seeing what decisions we want to make on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the players are happy here and want to stay here, we will get round to those discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1342887895\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1342887895?et=YQK4RuWkRCJwWnG69_gmXA&amp;tld=co.uk&amp;sig=gqTe2Q10pA7gkw4Hj4iXhbUpqA4Znzounij7k6cEa9M=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Jose Mourinho Eyes up Manchester United \u2018Raid\u2019 for Youngster<\/h3>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> boss Jose Mourinho is set to rival Tottenham in pursuit of singing young midfielder Charlie Wellens.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old was introduced to the first-team set-up at United under Mourinho but has yet to make himself a firm contender for a spot in the starting eleven.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/17139596\/jose-mourinho-roma-charlie-wellens-man-utd-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>, Mourinho wanted to sign Wellens when at Tottenham &#8211; who remain interested &#8211; and he is now hopeful of drawing him across to Roma.<\/p>\n<p>Wellens was called into United\u2019s Champions League squad and is playing Under-21 football \u2014 but he may have a better chance of progress elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Milan tried to sign the youngster last year but failed in their attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1360317887\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 68.013466% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1360317887?et=o7z03kf-S9xzwpQSaaB8vQ&amp;tld=co.uk&amp;sig=B_6VZBX87b4mVNxe1QgN-jhbPQ_VHgtQu3L7HY2ogvk=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"404\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League clubs will be involved in a reduced fixture schedule today, but there is plenty of transfer news circulating ahead of the January transfer window 2022 opens. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know today (December 26) as Crystal Palace eye up a rival club&#8217;s striker to boost their attacking department. 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