Therefore, Crystal Palace have already started looking for replacements and as per David Ornstein, the Eagles are working on the deal to sign Leicester City star Bilal El Khannouss. Palace reportedly have seen their first bid worth £20m ($27m) get rejected for the 21-year-old as the Foxes are keen to hold onto the Moroccan midfielder.

After the collapse of Morgan Gibbs-White’s proposed move from Nottingham Forest, Thomas Frank’s desire to add to his squad was exacerbated by the season ending injury sustained by James Maddison.