Josh Murphy, the other half of the Murphy brother is set to join his brother Jacob in the English Premier League for next season. According to reports, the winger is being linked to host of Premier League clubs and Crystal Palace is one of them. His brother Jacob ply’s his trade for Newcastle who he joined them last year in the summer transfer window.
Norwich are currently struggling in the Championship as they are thirteenth. One would expect better from a club who were in the Premier League recently. According to reports, the Championship side will be demanding £30million for the young English forward. Before being a regular starter for the Canaries he had two loan spells, one at Wigan and the other at MK Dons.
Crystal Palace are currently in the relegation scrap as they find themselves just one place above the relegation zone in 17th. They had a horror start to their Premier League campaign as they couldn’t manage to score for the first seven games and were rooted at rock bottom in the Premier League.
Frank De Boer was sacked soon and the top job at Palace went to the much experienced and former England Manager Roy Hodgson. Hodgson who has been criticised for his stint at England and Liverpool has brought this team a long way since he joined. Their battle is yet not over as there are still 5 games remaining and there is everything to play for in the last part of the season as they look to secure their Premier League status.
Josh Murphy is a versatile offensive player as he is adept at playing on both the flanks and behind the striker as well. He has a good bag of tricks and has a good pace. He would be hoping to secure a move to the Premier League like his brother Jacob who is also a winger. The twin brothers were together at Norwich and even went on to represent England in various age group tournaments.
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Crystal Palace can do with a player like Josh Murphy in their team.Their key player this season has been Wilfried Zaha and Murphy is also a similar kind of player. Palace’s attack is highly dependent on Zaha and with Murphy’s signing, they can threaten from both the flanks. Palace can also lose out on one of their attacking options as Loftus Cheek might be recalled by Chelsea from his loan spell. In that scenario, Palace will need an attacking talent to replace the void left by the England international.
