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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans doubt club scouted Martin Erlic"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-fans-doubt-club-scouted-martin-erlic/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2020-03-18T19:15:59Z"
modified: "2020-03-31T15:47:52Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans doubt club scouted Martin Erlic

**A lot of Crystal Palace fans do not believe the latest transfer rumours that were reported by Gazzetta dello Sport via [Sports Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-crystal-palace-sent-official-defender-spotted-pl-talent/) that said the club had gone to watch a Serie B match to scout Martin Erlic.**

Palace, along with fellow Premier League side Southampton, had supposedly gone to watch Erlic, who plays for Spezia, in a match against Ascoli on Monday.

However, due to recent events, many countries like Italy have imposed a travel ban, per [NPR](https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815333188/italys-ambassador-to-the-u-s-on-coronavirus-trump-travel-ban?t=1584528394175), and many fans of the Eagles feel like with this ban, there is no way the club could have been scouting the player.

The player has had a good season in Italy’s second division, per [Sofascore](https://www.sofascore.com/player/martin-erlic/789234), as he has three clean sheets, managing 1.2 interceptions per game and 3.2 clearances per game, whilst only being dribbled past on average 0.1 times a game.

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It will be interesting to see how scouting will affect the summer transfer window plans with the recent travel bans.

Here is what fans said about the rumours:

https://twitter.com/CPFC\_NEWS\_HQ/status/1239648336594026498?s=20

> Thought there was a travel ban
>
> — M Drew (@MDrew80331460) [March 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/MDrew80331460/status/1239802204128718853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Sending scouts to watch a player who won’t play as all the games are postponed? I don’t think so..
>
> — Diyar Kurnaz (@diyar\_kurnaz) [March 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/diyar_kurnaz/status/1239650097983557634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> They’ve sent scouts to a country that is in lock down to watch a player that won’t be playing for the foreseeable future… Sounds real legit
>
> — James F Johnson (@MisterJohnson87) [March 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/MisterJohnson87/status/1239649237622820870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Where are we watching him, through his bedroom window from a great distance?
>
> — Mark Jones (@MDJones82) [March 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/MDJones82/status/1239827344640167941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> When did they send the scouts? because they are not coming back anytime soon.
>
> — Rob the eagle (@Rob80121693) [March 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/Rob80121693/status/1239648937126100993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Sent scouts to watch him play FIFA 2020?
>
> — Spam for Tea (@SpamforTea) [March 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/SpamforTea/status/1239921328200744967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Palace fans, do you believe the transfer rumours surrounding Erlic? Comment below!***