- Highly touted England Under 20 star has made 23 Championship appearances
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Crystal Palace are closing on an agreement of £14.5million for Millwall’s Romain Esse.
The highly rated youngster has been watched by Eagles’ sporting director Dougie Freedman various times this season, while he has also attracted interest from other Premier League clubs.
The England Under 20 international, who has made 23 Championship appearances for Alex Neil’s side this season, would not be acquired cheap, warned the Scot this week.
‘At the moment, there’s interest from Crystal Palace, which has been well-documented. How far down the line that is, I’m not sure,’ he told the BBC.
‘But I think people need to recognise how well we as a club have done by securing Romain on a new contract which took, by all accounts, a bit of convincing to stay because he wanted to play football.
‘He is now playing football, he’s certainly been one of our best performers this season. We don’t want to lose any of our best players but I think everybody understands the contract situation around Romain.
Millwall teenager Romain Esse has made 23 appearances in the Championship this season, scoring four goals
Oliver Glasner’s side are closing in on the signing of the highly touted England Under 20 star
‘If he does move, he’ll move for significant money, which from the club’s perspective will be brilliant business considering we could have lost him in the summer for free.’
Oliver Glasner’s side have now appeared to oblige as they have pressed forward with their interest in the youngster.
Elsewhere, Wigan Athletic want to sign Palace defender Tayo Adaramola while Palace forward Asher Agbinone has joined Gillingham.
