English Premier League side Crystal Palace have made clear their intention not to hand a permanent deal to out of favour Super Eagles midfielder Uche Chrisantus with the proposed signing of Brennan Johnson from Tottenham Hotspur, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Palace have a bid of £25 million accepted by Spurs for the winger, a move which effectively puts an end to any plans of making the signing of Uche permanent in the summer as agreed in his loan deal.
An obligation to buy for around £25 million was agreed between his team Getafe and the English side when he made his loan move in the summer, but it carries a clause that says he must start at least ten games in the English Premier League for that to happen.
He hasn’t warmed his way into the plans of head coach Oliver Glasner despite an upturn in his form lately, with 19 games already played in the English Premier League and Uche yet to start in any there is hardly a way that he will meet the clause to be signed permanently.
Reports in Spain already has it that Palace has informed Getafe that he won’t be signed permanently, leaving the club searching for takers as they plan to use his sale to balance their books ahead of next season.
The impending January signing of Johnson is also another sign that the Nigerian, who was left out of the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON won’t be at the club beyond this season.
