Palace 'eyeing Juventus centre back Radu Dragusin on a free transfer'

Crystal Palace ‘eyeing Juventus centre back Radu Dragusin on a free transfer… with the 19-year-old Romanian out-of-contract at the end of the season and unable to break into Andrea Pirlo’s starting XI’

  • Defender Radu Dragusin made his Serie A debut for Juventus earlier this season 
  • However, the 19-year-old centre back’s contract in Turin expires in the summer
  • Crystal Palace are interested in a free transfer for the Romania U-21 international 
  • Palace are also eyeing a potential move for central midfielder Conor Gallagher  

Crystal Palace are reportedly eyeing a deal for Juventus defender Radu Dragusin whose contract at the Serie A champions’ expires in the summer. 

The highly-rated 19-year-old, a Romania under-21 international, made his Serie A debut earlier this season but has been unable to usurp Andrea Pirlo’s regular centre back pairing of Leonardo Bonucci and Matthijs de Ligt.

Dragusin is attracting interest across Europe and Roy Hodgson’s Palace are eying a free transfer at the end of the season, according to The Sun.

Crystal Palace are eyeing a move for Juventus’ teenage defender Radu Dragusin this summer 

The 19-year-old is highly-rated but his contract in Turin expires at the end of the season

The report details that Dragusin is interesting a number of other clubs too, due to his impressive displays so far at both youth and senior level. 

This season, Dragusin has made four appearances in all competitions for Juventus, alongside featuring for the club’s Under-23 side in Serie C.

Meanwhile, the same report details that Palace could be back in for Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher this summer, having missed out on his signature last season. 

Gallagher has impressed on loan at West Brom in a side struggling to avoid relegation and Hodgson has spoken glowingly about the midfielder in the past. 

Palace are also monitoring Conor Gallagher’s situation having missed out on him last summer 

‘Conor Gallagher was there even when we played them in the first game of the season,’ Hodgson said earlier this season. 

‘He’s a player that I’ve admired for a long time, so I thought then “that’s a tremendous signing that you’ve made there.”‘

Palace are currently 12th in the Premier League table, 11 points above the relegation-zone with nine games to go.  




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