Jean-Philippe Mateta throughout Crystal Palace’s Premier League match vs Fulham. (Picture by Warren Little/Getty Photographs)
Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta has been provided to Turkish giants Fenerbahce, in accordance with stories.
Mateta loved a shocking run of kind underneath Oliver Glasner on the finish of final season, netting 13 objectives in his final 13 Premier League appearances of the marketing campaign.
This season has been extra of a battle for the Frenchman, who has solely scored 3 times in 12 league appearances — though that report does lengthen to 5 objectives in 15 throughout all competitions.
Mateta has made no secret of the very fact there was curiosity in his providers over the summer season, with Palace in the end unwilling to promote having already allowed Michael Olise to maneuver to Bayern Munich.
Extra just lately, Liverpool have been closely linked with the Olympic silver medalist’s signature.
Jean-Philippe Mateta provided to Fenerbahce
Mateta at present earns £50k per week at Selhurst Park, in accordance with Capology, putting him nicely beneath the membership’s highest earners like Daichi Kamada (£105k per week), Eberechi Eze and Dean Henderson (each £100k per week).
The striker is known to be demanding a pay rise to replicate his kind over the previous yr. Nonetheless, in an attention-grabbing twist, stories at the moment are rising that Mateta has been provided to Tremendous Lig powerhouse Fenerbahce.
In keeping with Sabah (by way of We Are Palace), an unknown supply — almost certainly the participant’s agent — has despatched Mateta to Jose Mourinho’s aspect as a possible substitute for former Man Metropolis striker Edin Dzeko.
Fenerbahce are at present second within the Tremendous Lig desk, 5 factors adrift of arch-rivals Galatasaray, who boast a star-studded assault that features Victor Osimhen, Dries Mertens and Baris Yilmaz.
It will be no shock to see the Yellow Canaries make an announcement signing in the summertime in a bid to maintain up with their Istanbul counterparts. With Mateta about to enter the ultimate 18 months of his contract, it will be attention-grabbing to see how Palace deal with any negotiations.
