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title: "Crystal Palace: Arsenal interested in Patrick van Aanholt"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-arsenal-interested-in-patrick-van-aanholt/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2021-02-01T12:05:15Z"
modified: "2021-02-01T12:05:15Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Arsenal interested in Patrick van Aanholt

**Crystal Palace look set to have a quiet transfer deadline day when it comes to signing players, however a fresh rumour suggests that Patrick van Aanholt could be on the way out.**

### The latest transfer news

According to [The](https://t.co/KDq30Tph7r?amp=1)[Mirror](https://t.co/KDq30Tph7r?amp=1), Arsenal are considering a late move for Eagles defender Patrick van Aanholt. The report suggests that no bid has been made but the player is a target as the Gunners look for cover for Kieran Tierney.

### Palace should keep a hold of the Dutchman

Van Aanholt started in the [1-0](https://www.sofascore.com/crystal-palace-wolverhampton/dsh) victory against Wolves on Saturday, even though Roy Hodgson has started to favour emerging academy star Tyrick Mitchell over the Dutchman in recent fixtures.

The 30-year-old, who is valued at £7.20m on [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/patrick-van-aanholt/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/52119/verein/873), could leave on a free transfer in the summer due to his current contract running out in June, and therefore, the South London side have a big decision to make.

He is currently on £55,000-a-week ([Sportrac](https://www.spotrac.com/epl/crystal-palace/payroll/)), which is £2.86m-a-year, and so if Hodgson did favour Mitchell, so some may think it is a good idea to let van Aanholt leave.

However, it would leave them with only [one full-back](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/crystal-palace/startseite/verein/873) on the left in Mitchell, so it would be very silly to let him go. The Dutchman has great experience and Mitchell is still learning his craft – it would be an enormous amount of pressure to put on the youngster to be the club’s only option in that position.

***In other Palace news, have a read of a bizarre statistic about the club which fans aren’t happy with [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-news/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-crazy-stat-about-the-club-since-hodgson-took-over/)!***