Crystal Palace ‘in talks with Bayer Leverkusen over Odilon Kossounou with the Eagles keen to sign Ivory Coast centre-back on loan with obligation to buy’
- Roy Hodgson needs to fill the void after losing five senior players this summer
- Move for Perr Schuurs has stalled amid interest from Napoli and Newcastle
- Odilon Kossounou made 35 appearances for the German side last season
Crystal Palace have made a move for Bayer Leverkusen defender Odilon Kossounou in a bid to boost their defensive options.
Roy Hodgson has been frustrated by a lack of transfer activity after losing five senior players during the summer.
Palace have held talks with Torino defender Perr Schuurs, but the move has stalled amid interest from Napoli and Newcastle United.
Now they are looking at signing Kossounou on a season-long loan, with an obligation to buy next summer, according to the Telegraph.
The centre-back, 22, made 35 appearances for the German side last season.
Crystal Palace have reportedly made a move for Bayer Leverkusen defender Odilon Kossounou
The 22-year-old centre-back made 35 appearances for the German side last season
Palace want a defender as interest grows in Marc Guehi.
Tottenham, Liverpool , Manchester United and Arsenal are among the clubs that have been monitoring the England international.
This week Hodgson said that the chairman, Steve Parish, and the sporting director, Dougie Freeman, had ‘a bit of work to do’ to bring in signings.
He said: ‘We’ve lost five senior players from last season and brought one in – Jefferson Lerma; he’s good and we’re happy to have him – but there is still that hole of five senior players in the squad, two of whom were two of the real stars of the team.
‘There’s a bit of work for the chairman and sporting director to do between now and the end of August, because the team we put out today was in our opinion, at this moment in time, our best team, but we don’t have the strength behind that team that we had last year.’
