Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze insists he’s happy at Selhurst Park.
Eze says he won’t force any move away from the Eagles.
“I really want to enjoy my football where I am right now. The things I can control,” he told the Mirror.
“I really want to become as good a player as I possibly can. If it then takes me to another club or something, I’m fine with that.”
Eze has a contract with Crystal Palace that runs until the summer of 2027.
Premier League clubs that are seeking to sign Eberechi Eze this summer know his price.
The attacking midfielder is available for a set fee of £60 million plus £8 million in add-ons.
The is a release clause, per The Mail, which means that any club putting in such a bid will have it accepted.
Palace have long operated with release clauses for top players to ensure they sign long-term deals.
Eze, who is a former QPR winger, has impressed at Selhurst Park after the appointment of Oliver Glasner midway through last season.
He has been outstanding along with the likes of Michael Olise and Adam Wharton.
Erik ten Hag the Manchester United manager, has posited that his team lost woefully to Crystal Palace on Monday night due to injuries.
Nigerian born British, Michael Olise grabbed two goals while , Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell all scored for the hosts, as they completed the double against the Red Devils.
With the results, United hopes of playing in next season European football continue to fade.
On reasons for the defeat, Ten Hag told Sky Sports: “There are always reasons and everyone sees our backline and we have huge problems.
“At the end of the day, we have to deal with it and we should have done better than we did.”
He added: “It is clear and it is obvious. This is underperforming. We didn’t act how we want to do it and it’s by far not good enough.
“We are very disappointed, but the fans were always behind us and we kept fighting, like the fans did.”
Super Eagles Ademola Lookman could be on his way to the English Premier League as Crystal Palace are eyeing the Nigerian forward.
According to reports coming out from the club, Palace are keen on adding more quality to their side next season.
Already the London side parade two Nigerian by descent players in the persons of Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise,
Both players are still eligible to play for Nigeria as they have only featured for England at the junior levels.
Lookman is seen as a player who could add more quality to the team.
The Nigeria international was Atalanta’s top scorer last season with 13 goals and six assists.
The 26-year-old has scored eight goals and provided four assists in 25 league appearances this season.
He is currently valued at €30 million by Transfermarkt.
Nigerian born Eberechi Eze scored a 14th minute goal at Anfield to secure an away win for Crystal Palace to put a dent on Liverpool’s title hopes.
Eberechi Eze converted from Tyrick Mitchell’s cut-back to finish off a flowing Palace move early on and the visitors were deservedly in front at the break.
Liverpool tried all it could to cancel out Palace’s goal but all effort to do so met a brick wall in the first 45 minutes of the thrilling encounter.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds ramped up the pressure in the second half but, just as in recent games against Manchester United and Atalanta, their finishing let them down as they fell to their first home league defeat November 2022.
Defeat leaves Liverpool two points behind leaders Manchester City and level on points with Arsenal who will play Aston Villa for a chance to go back on top.
Liverpool will play Everton next weekend at Goodison park.
Kevin De Bruyne scored a brace while Rico Lewis and Erling Braut Haaland added a goal each as Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace 4-2 in an early kick off at Selhurst Park.
Palace’s Mateta had shot the home side in the lead inside three minutes of the encounter but Kevin De Bruyne, nipped in from the left wing and rocketed an equalizer into the back of net before half-time.
After the break, Rico Lewis put City ahead for the first time before De Bruyne set up Erling Haaland and added a fourth – his second – to make the visitors comfortable.
Odsonne Edouard came off the bench for Crystal Palace to poke home a late volley but by then the damage was done. Oliver Glasner will be pleased with the fight his team showed but Man City were too good to be stopped on the day.
Pending Arsenal versus Brighton games, Liverpool and Manchester United, City have climbed up to second same points as Liverpool but only trailing on goal difference.
They now have 70 points from 31 games, while Liverpool have 70 points from 30 games and Arsenal, who sit in third position, have 68 points from 30 games.
City’s win against Palace will definitely pile pressure on Arsenal and Liverpool.
Arsenal reignited their Premier League title challenge by thrashing struggling Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners’ fight at the top had faltered towards the end of last year as they lost three of their past five Premier League games.
But, after heading off to Dubai for a week-long winter break, Mikel Arteta’s side returned reinvigorated as a Gabriel header, Dean Henderson own goal, a Leandro Trossard finish, and two late Gabriel Martinelli strikes sealed the three points.
The first two goals came from corners, with the opener coming in the 11th minute when Gabriel nodded in before the defender’s header from another set-piece struck Crystal Palace goalkeeper Henderson to deflect into the back of the net.
The visitors offered little in response. Instead Arsenal added to their lead in the second half when Trossard was sent one-on-one with the goalkeeper and kept his cool to finish confidently.
With Palace already well beaten, Martinelli added further sheen to the win with two goals in injury time, both swept into the far corner.
The win moves Arsenal up to third, two points behind leaders Liverpool but having played a game more than Jurgen Klopp’s side. Crystal Palace, meanwhile, remain 14th in the table.
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson insists his role at Selhurst Park may not be his last coaching career.
The 76-year-old has bristled over claims his job is under threat after recent results.
The veteran insists he’s confident in his position and if he does eventually leave that it may not mean retirement.
He said, “I signed a one-year contract to help the club out because they felt they needed me to come back and work with them this year. I was happy to accept that and I certainly haven’t looked beyond that, at all.
“I’m also a little bit loath to say that I will never work in football again after this year because you just don’t know – and why do I want to say that? What do I gain from saying that? I enjoy it [the job] sometimes. But it’s hard work.
“I’m at a stage of my career, where I seriously don’t believe I need to vindicate myself. People can decide that I’m no longer the man to do the job – that’s up to them. There won’t be any vindication from my point of view.”
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says there’ll be no underestimating Crystal Palace today.
City face Palace ahead of traveling to Riyadh for the Club World Cup.
Guardiola said: “Always they have been tough games, so it will be a tough game.
“How they defend is brilliant, they don’t need much. Set pieces with [Joachim] Andersen and the other guys, it will be a tough game.
“It always has been, I don’t remember easy games against Roy Hodgson’s teams, Patrick Vieira neither but especially with Roy.
“The teams are really good, they play incredibly well against Liverpool and unfortunately a player was sent off.
“[When you have] 10 against 11 it’s almost impossible but 11 v 11 I don’t know what’s going to happen.”
Manchester United suffered a second successive defeat at home in the Premier League as Joachim Andersen’s superb strike gave Crystal Palace an impressive victory at Old Trafford.
The two teams were meeting for the second time in five days, with Erik ten Hag’s side comfortably winning 3-0 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
But Palace rested a number of first-team players for that game and were a different proposition on Saturday as they produced the perfect away performance.
After Tyrick Mitchell cleared Rasmus Hojlund’s effort off the line, Palace took the lead when Andersen superbly drove a first-time effort into the top corner after a free-kick.
Manchester United piled on the pressure after that, but struggled to find a way through the Palace defence. When they did they found goalkeeper Sam Johnstone in superb form.
Johnstone made two crucial saves in the second half to preserve Palace’s lead, first pushing over Bruno Fernandes’ dipping effort before keeping out Hojlund’s bullet header.
The Palace goal continued to live a charmed life but Manchester United could not find a way through as the visitors secured a win that moved them above their opponents to ninth, with the hosts dropping to 10th.
It is now four defeats in seven Premier League games for Ten Hag’s side, who have had their worst start to a league season after seven games in 34 years.