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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans warn club about signing Lyon’s Rafael da Silva"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Caleb Sage"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2020-01-08T17:00:05Z"
modified: "2020-01-08T17:00:05Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans warn club about signing Lyon’s Rafael da Silva

**Some Crystal Palace fans have made it clear that they do not want to see their club pursue Lyon defender Rafael da Silva this month.**

According to [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11806/11903183/rafael-da-silva-brighton-crystal-palace-and-southampton-offered-former-man-utd-defender), the Ligue 1 outfit have offered Rafael to Palace, among other Premier League sides, with the Eagles said to be in the market for a right-back.

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However, several Palace supporters have made it known on Twitter that they would be firmly against such a transfer.

The south London club’s interest in signing a new right-back stems from the sale of Aaron Wan-Bissaka last summer. The 22-year-old, of course, joined Manchester United in a [£50m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48784655) deal, reducing Roy Hodgson’s options in that department.

Rafael, however, would be quite an underwhelming replacement going off stats. This season, the former Manchester United man has averaged [1.9](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/4092/Show/Rafael) tackles and 1.3 interceptions per Ligue 1 game (via WhoScored). That falls quite short of Wan-Bissaka’s Premier League averages of [4.1](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/331924/Show/Aaron-Wan-Bissaka) and two respectively.

Instead, it appears some Palace fans would rather the club go for a much younger option, with Derby County’s Jayden Bogle just one name currently floating around on Twitter. Like Wan-Bissaka, he also boasts better numbers than the Brazilian when it comes to tackles ([1.6](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/354291/Show/Jayden-Bogle)) and interceptions (1.4) made per league game.

For now, though, the south London outfit may have to settle for a more short-term option like Rafael or Tottenham’s Kyle Walker-Peters, with the 22-year-old said to be [close to joining on a loan deal](https://theathletic.com/1512735/?source=twitteruk).

Take a look at some of the things being said below…

https://twitter.com/King\_Pierrick/status/1214581885109751813?s=20

> Can we just go for that other bloke from genk or look at bogle
>
> — Ben (@BxnMatthews75) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/BxnMatthews75/status/1214591056429408256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Please no
>
> — Louis° (@fisher\_2001) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/fisher_2001/status/1214582067452956675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> We need young players
>
> — John McGovern (@TheGoverner99) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/TheGoverner99/status/1214587143470899206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yeah I’d rather take Bogle younger players we need no more older thank u
>
> — joey (@cpfcjj89) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/cpfcjj89/status/1214582817495101441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No thanks, never done it at United so what makes you think he’s gonna do it for us ?
>
> — tobylarone2011 (@tobylarone11) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/tobylarone11/status/1214613345556455424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Crystal Palace fans, do you think Rafael would be a poor signing? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below!***