**Yeremy Pino**has agreed on a deal in principle in the realm of £26 million to move to Crystal Palace.
There are still two years left on his deal with Villarreal, and as with all **LaLiga**clubs, that contract contains clear terms about how much a potential transfer fee would cost. However, Palace appear to be tempting him to come to the Premier League for about a third of his £69 million release clause.
A move would represent the end of a long association with the Yellow Submarine. Pino completed his training as a youth player with **Villarreal**between 2017 and 2019, making his debut in October 2020.
He became the youngest Spaniard to start in a European final in 2021 and the youngest winner of the Europa League with victory over Man United. Still only 22 years old, he has played 169 times for the first team, and he has also featured fifteen times for Spain, winning the Nations League in 2023.
Palace have been a club for creative sparks, and the winger will look to excite at Selhurst Park.
Palace needed a prompt response
Palace have endured an ambivalent summer. The highs have been great: after winning the **FA Cup**final against Man City, they beat **Liverpool**in the Community Shield earlier this month. They then beat **Fredrikstad**in the first leg of a playoff qualifier and have one foot in the Conference League.
But the lows have been painful. A place in the **Europa League**should have been theirs, but after an appeal from Nottingham Forest, **UEFA**demoted the team to the third-tier European competition, and CAS upheld the decision. Discomfort has worsened with little work in the transfer window this year.
Only two men have walked through the door. Borna Sosa signed from **Ajax**as a deputy left wing-back after **Ben Chilwell**went back to **Chelsea**following his loan. The only other incoming has been Walter Benitez, a free transfer from PSV Eindhoven, who will be a backup for Dean Henderson.
Oliver Glasner has called out the club for a "passive" transfer window that does not put the squad in the best position to fight on multiple fronts with the likelihood of midweek matches across Europe.
His wants are compounded by the need to replace Eberechi Eze. The talismanic ten registered 14 goals and 11 assists last term, including the winner at Wembley Stadium in May. He has netted the club £60 million, with up to £8 million in add-ons after sealing a switch to boyhood club Arsenal.
But the money means very little if it does not go into reinvestment in the squad. Manuel Akanji might arrive for a fee around £15 million, but top of the agenda was an offensive reinforcement.
With so many moves made and time short, who knows where Pino ranks on their ideal list of additions? But for now, fans can be content that someone new is stepping up to fill the breach.