Crystal Palace agree Maxence Lacroix deal to ease defensive crisis | OneFootball

Wolfsburg centre-back is poised to reunite with former manager Oliver Glasner at Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace have reached an agreement to sign Wolfsburg centre-back Maxence Lacroix.

The Eagles will pay an initial £15million plus £2.5m in add-ons for the 24-year-old French defender.

Personal terms for a move to Selhurst Park have yet to be finalised. Palace have been in the market for a centre-back since selling Joachim Andersen to London rivals Fulham for £30m last week.

Deal agreed: Maxence Lacroix is set to join Crystal Palace from Bundesliga side Wolfsburg

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Newcastle are still hunting for a new centre-back of their own, and a prolonged pursuit of Palace’s newly-appointed captain Marc Guehi could go down to the wire, with the summer transfer window slamming shut at 11pm BST on Friday night.

Palace value Guehi at around £70m and hope to sign another centre-back if the England man is sold before the deadline. Lacroix’s arrival would not impact their pursuit of a second new central defender.

The Eagles face a centre-back crisis when they visit Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday after Chadi Riad, signed from Barcelona this summer for £12m plus £2m in add-ons, suffered possible knee ligament damage in Tuesday’s 4-0 Carabao Cup second-round win against Norwich.