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title: "Crystal Palace: Eagles keen on summer deal for Charlie Austin"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Caleb Sage"
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published: "2019-07-01T18:00:20Z"
modified: "2019-07-01T18:00:20Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Eagles keen on summer deal for Charlie Austin

**Crystal Palace are interested in Southampton striker Charlie Austin but face competition from three other teams.**

[That is according to The Sun, who report that as well as the south London club, Aston Villa, Fulham and West Brom are also keen on signing the 29-year-old this summer in an £8m deal](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9402661/southamptons-8m-striker-charlie-austin-to-spark-four-way-transfer-scramble-with-both-aston-villa-and-crystal-palace-keen/).

Southampton are said to be open to the idea of selling Austin this transfer window, and a four-way transfer tussle for his signature now looks to be on the horizon.

From Crystal Palace’s perspective, though, the Premier League outfit surely have to be aiming a tad higher, especially considering they had a No.9 of Michy Batshuayi’s calibre among their ranks, albeit on loan.

Scoring five goals in 757 league minutes compared to [Austin](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/82102/Show/Charlie-Austin)‘s two strikes in 981 league minutes, [Batshuayi](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/97803/Show/Michy-Batshuayi) was clearly the superior striker last season. He also took more shots per game at 2.5 to Austin’s 1.3 and was better when it came to passing the ball, registering a 65% pass success rate, 7% more than his Southampton rival’s percentage [(as per WhoScored)](https://www.whoscored.com/PlayerComparison).

Ultimately, based on the previous campaign anyway, Austin would probably represent a downgrade on Batshuayi.

Factor in the former Queens Park Rangers man’s injury record — [missed 18 games in the 2017/18 season due to a hamstring injury and 26 in the 2016/17 season due to a shoulder injury (as per Transfermarkt)](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/charlie-austin/verletzungen/spieler/129627) — and this looks like even more of a bad idea for Crystal Palace.

[Finding the back of the net on 18 occasions for QPR in the 2014/15 Premier League campaign](https://www.premierleague.com/players/9468/Charlie-Austin/stats?co=1&se=27), Austin does obviously have previous when it comes to scoring in the top flight but, ultimately, he should be avoided for the reasons discussed.

***Crystal Palace fans, would Austin be a good signing? Let us know what you think in the comment section below!***