CRYSTAL PALACE are set to miss out on QPR’s Eberechi Eze after refusing to budge on their £10million evaluation.
Palace have seen a first bid for the highly-rated playmaker thrown back in their faces after they offered £8m with a series of bonus payments which will be tough to meet.
Palace will have to fork out more than the £8m they offered to land Eze
The total package QPR rejected was worth £12m, but that was with a number of performance related top ups such as the team qualifying for Europe.
The Championship club thought many of the add-ons were unrealistic and have asked Palace to come back with a serious offer, valuing their star player at £20m.
But Palace have told QPR they do not think the 22-year-old is worth more than £10m as a flat fee – leaving the West London club with a feeling they are having their time wasted by the Eagles.
They have told Palace to only come back with what they feel is a serious offer, insisting Eze’s worth to them will be expensive to replace.
Eze himself is understood to be keen to listen to what Palace have to say, believing the time is right to make the step up to the Premier League.
But QPR have made it clear they will not be bullied into selling on the cheap – and hope interest from other Premier League clubs will start to drive the bidding up.
West Ham have made their interest known, but they need time to see what money they have available to spend and might not be able to bid unless they sell Declan Rice.
But they do have an advantage in the ability to offer striker Jordan Hugill in part-exchange.
An offer of around £15m plus Hugill would likely be enough to get a deal done.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
