Despite being one of Copers Cope’s strongest departments, it appears Crystal Palace wants to bolster their midfield.
This summer, Oliver Glasner’s vision should be clearly visible throughout Crystal Palace.
We saw Glasner revamp the Roy Hodgson-built Eagles side with the assistance of Dougie Freedman.
Numerous names and positions have previously sparked attention; now, a gifted player has been connected to center-midfield.
We would love to see this signing at Selhurst Park for Palace, but it would be bad news for players like Adam Wharton and Jefferson Lerma.
But what might this prospective midfield addition bring to Palace, and who is he? Let’s investigate.
Prior to the summer transfer window, when Glasner is probably going to get support and a minor overhaul might happen, Palace is now connected to a midfield player.
As per TuttoSport, Morten Frendrup, a midfielder for Genoa, has been observed by Palace lately.
Since the 22-year-old Dane has had a fantastic season in Serie A, other clubs have taken notice of him in addition to Palace.
Gianluca Di Marzio reports that Palace may have to compete with three other clubs in order to get this player, who might cost at least €15 million (£12.8 million). These clubs are Brentford, Liverpool, and Aston Villa.
There might be some misunderstanding over the addition of another midfield player this summer given the squad’s already potent midfield unit.
This is what Selhurst Park will get from Frendrup.
With Frendrup, Palace may have one of the best young defensive midfield players in Europe; he has been compared to N’Golo Kante.
He has made 28 Serie A appearances for Genoa this season, and according to FotMob, he has an extremely remarkable average rating of 7.18.
Here are Frendrup’s 2023–24 numbers so you can judge how well he is when compared to his Serie A positional peers:
55 successful tackles (100th percentile)
Winners of 172 duels (100th percentile)
63.2% of matches ended in victories (95th percentile)
27 victories in aerial duels (88th percentile)
34 interceptions, or 96% of the total.
7 blocks, or the 74th percentile
There were 154 recoveries (94th percentile).
Possession won 14 times in the last third (90th percentile)
His ball-winning stats are among his best, and the fact that he rates so highly in third-ball final victories should be encouraging for Glasner.
Having played a range of positions for his team, including both full-back positions, Frendrup is very adaptable.
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