Crystal Palace plotting move for Watford star | OneFootball

Palace want the young German, according to reports.

Crystal Palace are reportedly very interested in Watford forward Kwadwo Baah.

Palace are keen on signing the 22-year-old this summer, according to Africa Foot.

Their interest in the German forward is said to be "great", as they go back to a well that they have visited many times before.

In the last two winter windows, the Eagles have bought Adam Wharton from Blackburn Rovers and Romain Esse from Millwall.

The holding midfielder proved to be an immediate success, while Esse is still settling in to life at Selhurst Park, but they know a strong second tier asset when they see one.

A lot has changed, and will continue to change, at Vicarage Road since the end of the season. Tom Cleverley has been replaced by Paulo Pezzolano, becoming the 10th new boss to permanently lead the Hornets since the Covid-19 pandemic.

The club's owner, Gino Pozzo, is in the midst of selling Watford's sister club Udinese for £125 million to American bidders, although this isn't going to have huge ramifications for the London-based club.

One benefit of the Pozzo family's sale of Udinese, who they have owned for more than three decades, is that Watford's need to sell their best players should be reduced.

That theory will be tested over the next couple of months, as one of their top assets, Baah, is being looked at by a club that can offer him European football next season.

Crystal Palace eyeing Kwadwo Baah move

Watford are well protected when it comes to Baah. His contract expires in the summer of 2029, putting them under no pressure to sell the four-goal forward, who moved to Vicarage Road in the summer of 2021 for a "six-figure fee" from Rochdale.

There will, however, be pressure on them to hold on to star creative player Giorgi Chakvetadze, who Football League World exclusively reported was a target for Leicester City and Wolves in December.

Watford can't be too over ambitious with Baah asking price

Baah is not as established a prospect as other young talents that Oliver Glasner's side have acquired from the Championship in recent times.

Last season he provided seven direct goal contributions, the joint-fourth most in Watford's squad. It's an okay return, but nothing to blow your socks off.

Their big bargaining chip is the length of his deal. It's going to be at least another two to three years before Watford need to start thinking of potentially letting the young German go, but that itself won't be enough to ask for Esse or Wharton levels of money. It just wouldn't be worth the risk for Palace.