Crystal Palace have made a £13million bid for the “dominant” ace who could replace Mitchell

Having already signed Romain Esse, The Crystal Palace now they have reportedly submitted an opening offer to sign the defenseman who could be given the eventual assignment to replace Tyrick Mitchell.

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The Eagles have already made one January swoop to sign young attacking midfielder Esse from Millwall and already appear to be targeting further signings. The former Championship star arrived at a reported £14.5 million compensation and could make his own Premier League debut in the coming weeks under Oliver Glasner.

Welcoming the new signing, the Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish he said for the club’s official website: “We are delighted to welcome Romain to Crystal Palace and look forward to working with him to continue his impressive progress to date.

“Romain is the type of player who gets crowds off their seats – the type of player who has long been associated with South London and Crystal Palace Football Club – and everyone at the club can’t wait to see him shine on the pitch and fulfill his exciting potential.”

However, as one star arrives, Palace could be forced to trade another amid reports recently linking Manchester United with a move for Mitchellwhose contract expires in the summer.

In their pursuit of a wing-back, the Red Devils could look to strike a bargain as Crystal Palace struggle to agree a new deal with their defender in the final months of his current contract. Set to lose Mitchell for free this summer, the Eagles could act as early as this month.

As reported by Fotospor, via Sport Witness, Crystal Palace have made an opening bid of €15m (£13m) to sign El Hadji Malick Diouf this month, but we saw that offer rejected by Slavia Prague, who value their left-back at around €20m (£17m) this month.

The “dominant” Diouf could replace Mitchell

Despite reportedly seeing their first offer rejected, Palace still have just over a week to match Slavia Prague’s £17m price tag for Diouf this month. All signs point to a player who can become the top left-back at the same time as Mitchell’s current direction is towards the exit door – giving Palace a simple answer to their outstanding problem.

The 20-year-old has impressed in the current campaign, especially down the stretch. In 28 appearances, Diouf scored as many as nine goals, having scored six and assisted on three moreto highlight his outstanding attacking ability.

I got a lot of praise as a result, analyst Rohit Kumaran described Diouf as “physically dominant” and a player with “quick feet” in his recent assessment of the rising star.

With Mitchell edging ever closer to the exit door at Selhurst Park, Palace would be wise to focus on signing Diouf either this month or in the summer.