Crystal Palace are no strangers to losing some of their best assets to Premier League rivals.
Wilfried Zaha is the first obvious example that springs to mind, with the Eagles academy star ditching Selhurst Park for Manchester United back in 2013, only to then return to solidify his presence among the Palace greats.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka travelled down the same Zaha path in 2019 when he also relocated to Old Trafford, with Yannick Bolasie also another notable exit to Everton in 2016, when the enigmatic attacker left South London for good, for around the £30m mark.
The departure that could sting the most, however, is the impending exit of Eberechi Eze to Arsenal - no, not Tottenham Hotspur - having been catapulted to star-man status at Selhurst Park over the past few seasons, culminating in a hefty haul of 40 goals and 28 assists being tallied up.
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Palace will aim to dress up their wounds quickly, though, as some statement arrivals look to be in the works.
Crystal Palace add £45m star to shortlist
The South London outfit already has targets in mind to fill Eze's void, with the former Queens Park Rangers midfielder's move away from the club looking inevitable, even if the destination has been altered.
Reports have suggested that the Eagles could explore bringing in Hwang Hee-chan from Wolverhampton Wanderers to add in some needed firepower, alongside other rumours indicating that the top-flight outfit is edging ever closer to adding Bilal El Khannouss from Leicester City to boost their options in the number ten spot on the pitch.
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Away from both of those options, other rumours are circling involving Palace going after Southampton youngster Tyler Dibling.
TalkSPORT has recently revealed that the Eagles are the next Premier League club to enter into the queue for the standout teenager's services, with Palace going as far as to shortlist Dibling as a potential heir to Eze.
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It could cost Oliver Glasner and Co. a whopping £45m to land the Saints prodigy, but this might well be viewed as a worthwhile gamble, with the 19-year-old already possessing the potential to be a bigger talent than the soon-to-be Spurs midfielder down the line.
Why Dibling could even be a bigger talent than Eze
After all, when placing both their career trajectories side-by-side, Eze is a relative slow burner in comparison to Dibling's explosive ascent.
The London-born midfielder wouldn't make his debut in the bright lights of the Premier League until he was 22 years of age, while the Saints number 33 already has 33 top-flight clashes next to his name, having made his own first steps in the tough division aged just 18.
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Just a mere five clashes into this top-flight journey on the South Coast, Dibling would find the net with some confidence against Ipswich Town, with a further three big chances carved out across his 20 Premier League starts in the league. That reinforces the notion that he is a "special" talent to keep an eye out on, as he was labelled by former U21 coach Adam Asghar.
At a similar point in his own development as a teenager, Eze was making waves in the Championship with QPR, but it would take him a lot longer to get up to speed with the pressures of the Premier League, compared to his 19-year-old counterpart.
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His first two campaigns at Selhurst Park would see him collect a reasonable 12 goals and assists from 53 first-team outings, not helped by Achilles tendon issues that derailed his 2021/22 season.
All of this is in the past now, obviously, with Eze going on to be known as an "unbelievable" ace for the South London side, as he was dubbed by Glasner last season, on the way to the Eagles triumphantly lifting the FA Cup in part because of the 27-year-old's heroics.
While it has taken Eze time to get to the level he is at today, Dibling looks ready-made right now - at just 19 - to take the top-flight by storm, donning Palace claret and blue.
In time, the much-talked-about attacker could be viewed in the same light as Zaha and Eze before him, as the Eagles hope landing Dibling's signature makes the painful loss of the 12-time England international more manageable.