Crystal Palace’s midfield looks set for a new makeover this summer as the club hopes to fill the void left by the departing Conor Gallagher and Cheikhou Kouyate.
The Eagles invested heavily last summer but spent the bulk on defenders and forwards. The club spent around £6million to sign Will Hughes and took Gallagher on loan from Chelsea but spent a combined £35million on centre-backs Joachim Andersen and Marc Guehi plus a similar amount on forwards Odsonne Edouard, Michael Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta, with the latter turning his initial loan from Mainz to a permanent move in January for around £9million.
The majority of those signings proved throughout the season to be astute additions to Patrick Vieira’s squad, though this summer more focus and investment is being put in beefing up the midfield. Current options are thin, with Gallagher now back at Chelsea and hoping to get into Thomas Tuchel’s starting XI while Kouyate left the club at the end of June upon the expiry of his contract and failure to negotiate a new deal.
