European giants 'considering' signing 'outstanding' Crystal Palace star - and it's not Guehi or Eze

Crystal Palace are braced for interest in a number of their top players this summer after a superb campaign of last. With so many players enjoying impressive seasons, interest is inevitable, and it’s going to be tricky for the Eagles to keep hold of all their best players.

Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi look like being the prime candidates to leave the club this summer, with Eze reaching the tipping point as far as being ready to play at the very top level, while Guehi has just one year remaining on his current contract.

But Palace could also receive interest in other players like Jean-Philippe Mateta, Adam Wharton and Daniel Muñoz. As far as the latter, goes, Juventus are currently considering a move for him, with the Serie A club searching for a right-back this summer. TuttoSport have reported that Muñoz is currently ‘under consideration’ as part of that process.

The full-back was vital to Palace’s success last season, establishing himself as one of the best right wing-backs in the league. Palace will be desperate not to lose the Colombian, and it’s likely Juventus would have to pay a very big fee.

Glasner praise

Palace boss Glasner has previously said of his defender following a hat-trick: “I said to Danny, you usually would take the ball home today after scoring a hat-trick. The first one - he knows it. The situation when I see how we defended the set play [in the build-up to the miss] and how we played from the edge of the box to create the [missed] chance was just fantastic.

"It shows how we performed today in many situations. The miss, maybe it was his easiest chance. The second one was also a great opportunity - credit to Burn with the save on the goal line. He scored the most difficult chance. This shows his character, the character of the team and the character of all of us. We always keep going and always believe in ourselves and that we can score a goal. It was mentally a very tough game today, you know, missing chances and all of a sudden, you are 1-0 down, which is mentally very tough.”

He added in a separate verdict on the defender: “Daniel has an outstanding training mentality. Every session he’s the guy running the most, sprinting the most. Every game, he plays with the most intensity. It’s the wish of every manager to have such a player.”

Muñoz said in response to those comments when speaking to the Palace club website: “I like being an example to young people. I tell them you should never stop dreaming, because it’s never too late. I made my dream come true at such a late age – nothing is impossible.”

Speaking about his upbringing in Colombia, he added: “That’s where my dream of becoming a footballer began,” he nods. “Medellin is a tropical city. The people are very friendly and the food, the landscapes, the weather… it’s fantastic, all year round. Football is played in the streets. You played games with two stones, which were the goalposts. You played five against five, six against six, and when cars or buses came along, you stopped the game. When they passed, you started again. That was a huge part of my childhood.

"As a kid, I grew up watching Atlético Nacional. I started going to games when I was 10-years-old with my mother and my friends. I’d play my own matches every weekend, and then I would go to the stadium to cheer for Nacional. That was a time which taught me a lot. It motivated me. I always saw myself becoming a professional footballer. It gave me the motivation to play my matches – and fight for my dream.”

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