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title: "Crystal Palace: Club set to step up their interest in Michy Batshuayi"
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author: "Caleb Sage"
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published: "2019-07-08T19:00:57Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Club set to step up their interest in Michy Batshuayi

**Crystal Palace are reportedly set to step up their interest in bringing Michy Batshuayi back to Selhurst Park.**

The 25-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at the south London club from Chelsea and, [according to The Times, they will now turn their attention to securing his services again after agreeing a £2.5m deal for Jordan Ayew](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/aston-villa-agree-20m-fee-to-sign-tyrone-mings-from-bournemouth-qblzsg5x7).

Like Batshuayi, Ayew also spent the previous campaign on loan at Selhurst Park but is now set to join permanently from Swansea City.

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Following his successful loan spell with the Eagles last season, Batshuayi would surely be a welcome addition this summer.

Despite only joining in January, [the Belgian finished the campaign as Crystal Palace’s fourth highest goalscorer in all competitions with six goals](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/crystal-palace/top-scorers).

During his short stint, Batshuayi also displayed his confidence as a No.9. He averaged 2.5 shots per game in the Premier League — more than any other Crystal Palace player — showing his willingness to test the goalkeeper [(as per WhoScored)](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/162/Show/England-Crystal-Palace).

Roy Hodgson, though, would be silly to put all of his eggs in one basket here. And with the transfer window closing in a month, perhaps it is time to move on altogether.

[It was back in May when Hodgson confirmed that he wanted Batshuayi to remain at Selhurst Park](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/crystalpalace/crystal-palace-want-to-sign-chelsea-loanee-michy-batshuayi-on-a-permanent-basis-a4140416.html) yet nothing has really happened since then.

Meanwhile, the words of Chelsea’s new boss Frank Lampard are hardly reassuring either.

“Everybody has an opportunity. I have no pre-conceived ideas about anybody, I have got good knowledge of the squad but I need to see them over the next month,” [Lampard was quoted as saying by Sky Sports when discussing his first-team plans for the new season](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/11757753/frank-lampard-to-give-danny-drinkwater-and-michy-batshuayi-chelsea-chance).

Bearing that in mind, Batshuayi, who is currently a part of Lampard’s pre-season squad, could be brought back in from the cold, meaning Crystal Palace need to seriously start evaluating some other options.

***Crystal Palace fans, will the club re-sign Batshuayi? Let us know what you think in the comment section below!***