Charlie Austin wanted by Crystal Palace from QPR in £6m-plus-players bid • Fraizer Campbell could be used to supplement £6m offer for striker • Club also retain interest in signing Chelsea’s Loïc Rémy please log in to view this image QPR rejected an offer from Leicester for Charlie Austin and are set to receive a cash-plus-players bid from Crystal Palace. Photograph: Alan Walter/Action Images David Hytner @DaveHytner Thursday 9 July 2015 18.54 BST Last modified on Thursday 9 July 2015 22.28 BST Crystal Palace are poised to enter the bidding for the Queens Park Rangers striker Charlie Austin by submitting an offer of £6m plus a couple of players. Palace, who also retain a strong interest in Chelsea’s Loïc Rémy, would be willing to use Fraizer Campbell, Adrian Mariappa, Barry Bannan and/or Adlène Guedioura in part-exchange. A number of clubs have looked at signing Austin, who enjoyed a fine season at Loftus Road last time out, in which he scored 18 Premier League goals, but they have been discouraged by QPR’s £15m valuation. Leicester City have already had a bid worth £12m rejected. QPR would consider taking Campbell and Mariappa from Palace but will demand a higher cash figure as part of the deal – taking the cash part of the offer closer to £10m. Palace, though, hope to reach a compromise. Palace have moved decisively for the £10m midfielder Yohan Cabaye from Paris St-Germain and they have explored the possibility of adding Rémy, his France international team-mate. Chelsea are reluctant to sell a player who they rate at £15m but Palace nonetheless intend to make an inquiry.
Personally don't rate Frazier Campbell, he doesn't seem to be a natural goalscorer and quite obviously fancies himself as a Premiership striker. Wouldn't want another bloke thinking he's better than the club. Mariappa would be a good signing but I don't think we should be considering a swap deal with an 18 Goal Premiership forward. £15 Million to me is a fair price for a top English forward considering £40M+ is being touted around for Sterling and Kane.
Agree with Norway, if we get Dwight Gayle in return then we've got a guy capable of scoring 20 plus at our disposal. Frazier Campbell? No thanks
I am sure that at least one of them would not want to come to us. We aren't paying silly wages at the moment! They have to WANT to come ... not be a part of some mega-deal.
