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Crystal Palace line up Radu Dragusin free transfer with teen defender frozen out of Juventus first team

CRYSTAL PALACE are eyeing Juventus’ teenage centre-back Radu Dragusin.

The Eagles are planning a swoop for the Romanian, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

Radu Dragusin is reportedly on Crystal Palace’s summer shortlist

Dragusin, 19, cannot break into the Juve side on a regular basis but has  made his Serie A debut.

The powerful defender has also attracted other clubs with his displays for junior sides at both club and international level.

Another up-and-coming star the Eagles are reportedly chasing is Conor Gallagher.

Palace were linked with a swoop for the midfielder at the start of the season but instead opted to bring in his Chelsea team-mate Michy Batshuayi instead.

Premier League rules prevented them from adding the England U21 ace as well as top-flight clubs are not allowed more than one loan from another club.

Gallagher, 21, instead headed to West Brom and he has shone despite the Baggies being involved in a miserable relegation scrap.

And that caught the eye of Palace boss Roy Hodgson again, who highlighted how much he has improved West Brom earlier this season.

The former England manager said: “Conor Gallagher was there even when we played them in the first game of the season.

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Roy Hodgson is yet to reveal whether he will stay at Crystal Palace next season

“He’s a player that I’ve admired for a long time, so I thought then ‘that’s a tremendous signing that you’ve made there’.”

Premier League rules prevented them from adding the England U21 ace as well as top-flight clubs are not allowed more than one loan from another club.

Gallagher, 21, instead headed to The Hawthorns and he has shone despite the Baggies being involved in a miserable relegation scrap.

And that caught the eye of Palace boss Roy Hodgson again, who highlighted how much he has improved West Brom ahead of the two sides squaring-off this afternoon.

The former England manager said: “Conor Gallagher was there even when we played them in the first game of the season.

“He’s a player that I’ve admired for a long time, so I thought then ‘that’s a tremendous signing that you’ve made there’.”

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