{"id":523885,"date":"2023-08-17T17:11:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=523885"},"modified":"2023-08-17T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T16:11:22","slug":"sources-crystal-palace-braced-for-cheick-doucoure-bid-from-liverpool-after-midfielder-terms-agreed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-crystal-palace-braced-for-cheick-doucoure-bid-from-liverpool-after-midfielder-terms-agreed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Crystal Palace braced for Cheick Doucoure bid from Liverpool after midfielder terms agreed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crystal Palace are braced for a bid from Liverpool for midfielder Cheick Doucoure, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eagles are expecting the Merseyside club to submit an offer for the 23-year-old after they expressed interest in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reds have stepped up their pursuit of another midfielder signing after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-liverpool-turn-attention-to-signing-doucoure-to-replace-fabinho\/\"><strong>Football Insider<\/strong> first revealed they had shortlisted Doucoure as a top target on 17th July.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 &#039;BIG SIGNING!&#039; - Rangers in talks to agree HUGE deal, Kent replacement latest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/72ll7Zzlz5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/revealed-liverpool-could-now-complete-three-late-signings-as-terms-agreed\/\">t comes after the Merseysiders also agreed a deal for Stuttgart midfielder <meta charset=\"utf-8\">Wataru Endo.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jurgen Klopp is eager to rebuild his Liverpool midfield this summer after losing the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Naby Keita in the space of one window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai have already joined Klopp&#8217;s squad this summer and Doucoure remains a top target as they look to add a defensive midfielder to their roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/players\/126670\/Cheick-Oumar-Doucour%C3%A9\/stats\">Doucoure<\/a> was defensively superb for Palace during the 2022\/23 campaign, making 79 tackles and completing 56 interceptions from midfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made 35 appearances across all competitions for the London side last season and registered three assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doucoure was named in Roy Hodgson&#8217;s starting lineup for Palace&#8217;s opening game of the season against Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon, and the Mali international played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/Cheick-Doucoure-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/Cheick-Doucoure-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/Cheick-Doucoure-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/Cheick-Doucoure-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/Cheick-Doucoure-1140x759.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/Cheick-Doucoure-750x499.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/Cheick-Doucoure.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Palace are likely to make a profit on Doucoure if they do decide to sell him this summer, with the Eagles signing him from French side Lens last summer for \u00a321million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doucoure penned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpfc.co.uk\/news\/announcement\/crystal-palace-sign-midfielder-cheick-doucoure-from-lens\/\">five-year deal<\/a> at Palace after completing the move, so the London side are under no pressure to accept Liverpool&#8217;s terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-killian-phillips-agrees-new-crystal-palace-deal-ahead-of-wycombe-wanderers-loan\/\">Killian Phillips agrees new Crystal Palace deal ahead of Wycombe Wanderers loan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace are braced for a bid from Liverpool for midfielder Cheick Doucoure, sources have told Football Insider. The Eagles are expecting the Merseyside club to submit an offer for the 23-year-old after they expressed interest in recent days. The Reds have stepped up their pursuit of another midfielder signing after Football Insider first revealed <em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":523894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[1368,7,4,111],"tags":[193],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523885"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523904,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523885\/revisions\/523904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}