{"id":609456,"date":"2022-01-31T17:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=609456"},"modified":"2022-01-31T17:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:49:01","slug":"crystal-palace-permanent-signing-jean-philippe-mateta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/31\/crystal-palace-permanent-signing-jean-philippe-mateta\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace Confirm the Permanent Signing of Jean-Philippe Mateta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/25\/manchester-uniteds-dutch-midfielder-crystal-palace-valencia\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> have confirmed the permanent signing of striker Jean-Philippe Mateta. Palace signed the forward on an 18-month loan deal in January 2021 with an option to buy. His form for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/04\/patrick-vieira-crystal-place\/\" target=\"_self\">Patrick Viera<\/a> has convinced the Eagles to sign the Frenchman on a four-and-a-half-year deal with the fee believed to be around \u00a38 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Jean-Philippe Mateta Signs Permanent Deal With Crystal Palace<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jean-Philippe Mateta has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the club \u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Delighted to have you permanently, JP! \ud83d\udca5<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CPFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CPFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPFC\/status\/1488270938139291650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Striker Happy to Have Signed<\/h3>\n<p>Former Mainz striker Mateta spoke to Palace TV after signing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpfc.co.uk\/news\/announcement\/jean-philippe-mateta-signs-permanent-deal-with-crystal-palace\/2022-01-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he said<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m happy. I want to say thank you to the gaffer [Patrick Vieira], he trusted in me. And [thank you to] Dougie [Freedman], the Chairman [Steve Parish] and the team and the fans also, and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Steve Parish <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPFC\/status\/1488270938139291650?s=20&amp;t=1Ts1iyVHMphNHolNk3eVrg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>: \u201cWe are delighted to secure the long-term future of Jean-Philippe. Coming to a new country, a new team and a new league is not easy and JP worked incredibly hard to get and then take his opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe really has shown the aptitude, attitude and dedication we look for along with his natural footballing ability. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing much more of him in a Palace shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Jean-Philippe Mateta Turned His Palace Career Around<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this month, it was believed that Palace could have ended the loan spell of Mateta. The striker started the season in the Eagles first-team; however, he struggled for form and goals and would play just four minutes in a 17 game spell this season. He returned to the team over Christmas and began to display the form that made Palace bring him to the club originally.<\/p>\n<p>In his four games since returning, he has scored twice and assisted once impressing manager Patrick Viera enough to make his move a permanent one. Mateta is Palace&#8217;s only incoming deal so far this window having missed out on Manchester United&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/31\/donny-van-de-beek-everton-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Donny van de Beek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"V6SBgVWRSV50IfWA4SqnNw\" 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\/1363500783\" 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:'V6SBgVWRSV50IfWA4SqnNw',sig:'AuND40NV-5Y5IewQ3aJByAw2rZ2i5yL1x6fnsfhKtgU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1363500783',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 permanent signing of striker Jean-Philippe Mateta. Palace signed the forward on an 18-month loan deal in January 2021 with an option to buy. His form for Patrick Viera has convinced the Eagles to sign the Frenchman on a four-and-a-half-year deal with the fee believed to be around \u00a38 million. 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