Crystal Palace ponder Jordan Ayew sale as Leicester make formal approach | OneFootball

Eagles open to cashing in if right offer arrives

Leicester want to sign Jordan Ayew, with Crystal Palace considering selling the forward this summer.

The newly-promoted Foxes have made a formal approach for the 32-year-old, who joined Palace from Swansea in 2019.

Standard Sport understands Palace are open to letting Ayew leave if an attractive enough offer is made, and the same is understood to be the case for squad player Jeffrey Schlupp.

Both players are currently in the United States on Palace’s pre-season tour.

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Ayew has tended to operate in wide positions in the Eagles’ 4-2-3-1 formation in recent seasons, but game time was reduced when new manager Oliver Glasner shifted to a more narrow 3-4-2-1 system towards the end of last season.

Leicester have approached Palace about Ayew’s availability and the Eagles will decide in the coming days whether the move is one they are willing to sanction.

Ayew scored four goals and registered seven assists in the Premier League last term, and the versatile forward has tallied 23 goals in 211 appearances throughout his Palace career. He signed a contract extension last November until June 2025.

The Eagles, meanwhile, are due to pocket around £3.2million via a sell-on fee from Jake O’Brien’s £17m move from Lyon to Everton on Tuesday. O’Brien spent two years in Palace’s academy, and a sell-on percentage was agreed when the Republic of Ireland international was sold to Lyon last summer.