Nice right-back Youcef Atal would be a good signing for Crystal Palace, Ligue 1 expert Adam White has told The Transfer Tavern.

Atal worked under Patrick Vieira during the Frenchman's time in the Allianz Riviera dugout and is now being touted for a reunion at Selhurst Park.

According to Foot Afrique, Palace have made signing Atal a priority as they look to improve their defence further, already bringing in central defenders Marc Guehi and Joachim Andersen.

For White of Get French Football News, who has compared Atal to legendary right-back Dani Alves, his acquisition could be very clever business by Palace.

"His first season under Vieira at Nice, he was absolutely brilliant," White said. "Maybe Vieira's thinking he's a quality player and despite those injuries, he's still a really good option.

"He'd be good for a team like Palace. Even if you play him at right-back in a four, he's still quite a threat. There's that sort of Dani Alves vibes there."

This is not the first time Atal has been linked with a move to the Premier League. Back in 2019, The Telegraph reported that Chelsea had made the 25-year-old a target, only for their transfer ban to put a spanner in the works.

With his former manager now at Palace, perhaps Atal may finally make that move to English football.