Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira joins West Ham in Dwight McNeil transfer hunt but Burnley will reject £10m bids
CRYSTAL PALACE manager Patrick Vieira wants to sign Dwight McNeil from Burnley.
West Ham also admire 22-year-old McNeil but the Clarets are likely to want more than the £10m the London clubs would be ready to pay.
The winger came through the academy at Manchester United before switching to Burnley in 2014.
He has racked up 134 Premier League appearances but is likely to leave following the club’s relegation into the Championship.
The England Under-21 international has seven goals for Burnley.
His current contract has two years remaining.
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As revealed by SunSport, Palace are plotting a late move in the battle for Wolves’ £20million-rated Morgan Gibbs-White.
Vieira wants more attacking options in midfield with last season’s loan star Conor Gallagher back at Chelsea.
And the Frenchman will rival Nottingham Forest and Southampton for the 22-year-old Molineux ace.
Gibbs-White spent last season with Sheffield United in the Championship but is now looking to get himself some regular Premier League action.
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Palace have already landed Cheick Doucoure from Lens for £18m — a deal SunSport first revealed back on May 1.
While Derby whizkid Malcolm Ebiowei, 18, has also signed on as Vieira reshapes his squad.
Palace are also in the running for Swansea’s Flynn Downes, who is also fancied by Leicester and by Wolves — as a potential replacement for Gibbs-White — and could go for about £8m.
Vieira will be hoping that business is completed before the opening day of the Premier League season when the Eagles host Arsenal at Selhurst Park.
It will mark the start of a gruelling month of fixtures which will see the club take on both Manchester City and Liverpool.