CRYSTAL PALACE are poised to agree a £10million deal for Will Hughes with Watford — and do Leeds a favour in the chase for Lewis O’Brien.
The Eagles have now tabled a bid of £7m plus extras for midfield dynamo Hughes, 26, who has refused to sign a new contract with the Hornets.
Palace should also be able to sort out personal terms at around £60,000-a-week to seal the deal, after opting for Hughes ahead of O’Brien, 22.
Huddersfield may now take less for O’Brien and open the door for Leeds to end the saga with an offer of £5m, with extras taking it to about £8m.
Palace’s forgotten centre-half Jaroslaw Jach, 27, is a loan target for both Ipswich and Wigan.
Meanwhile, the Terriers are making checks on Aberdeen midfielder Lewis Ferguson, 21, as they look for fresh legs.
Patrick Vieira picked up his first point as Palace boss on Saturday, with a 0-0 draw at home to Brentford.
The Eagles are yet to score under the ex-midfielder after two games and Vieira rued his side’s lack of final-third quality after the game.
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He told reporters: “We are frustrated because, yes, the performance was good but we wanted to win.
“At times we didn’t make the best decisions when we were in the Brentford box. We didn’t have enough bodies inside the box.
“But that is something we have to keep working on to allow ourselves to have more chances to score goals.”
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