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title: "Crystal Palace: Ollie Webber set to leave"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2022-01-22T12:43:08Z"
modified: "2022-01-22T12:43:08Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Ollie Webber set to leave

**Ollie Webber is departing Crystal Palace and joining Portsmouth, [The Athletic’s Matt Woosnam reports](https://twitter.com/MattWoosie/status/1484574973834444807?t=dICsQDmn_mjFQZ7fo28JJQ&s=19).**

### The lowdown

Webber will be the seventh player allowed to leave Palace’s under-23s this winter.

Attacking midfielder Jacob Montes, defensive midfield duo Jake Giddings and James Taylor and centre-back Jake O’Brien have [all sealed loan moves](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/crystal-palace-u23/transfers/verein/6945/plus/?saison_id=2021&pos=&detailpos=&w_s=w).

Goalkeeper [Serine Sanneh](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/crystal-palace-u23/transfers/verein/6945/plus/?saison_id=2021&pos=&detailpos=&w_s=w) and CB [Jay Rich-Baghuelou](https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/news/2022/january/signing-jays-a-red/), meanwhile, have departed the club permanently.

Webber, who’s also a keeper, has been with Palace [since 2016](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/oliver-webber/profil/spieler/324513), when he was recruited from Glentoran in his homeland of Northern Ireland.

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### The latest

“\[I’m\] told,” [Woosnam tweeted](https://twitter.com/MattWoosie/status/1484574973834444807?t=dICsQDmn_mjFQZ7fo28JJQ&s=19) on Friday evening, “that Palace under-23 goalkeeper Ollie Webber is joining Portsmouth permanently.”

It’s as yet unclear how much money Palace will receive from Pompey.

### The verdict

Webber does look to be a promising talent. He’s featured three times for Northern Ireland at Under-21 level, starting a pair of European Championship qualifiers against Russia and Spain [as recently as last autumn](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/oliver-webber/nationalmannschaft/spieler/324513).

He’s played [20 times in total](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/oliver-webber/leistungsdaten/spieler/324513) for Palace’s Under-23s, keeping five clean sheets but conceding 35 times.

However, only [one of those appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/oliver-webber/leistungsdaten/spieler/324513) has come this season, with Woosnam noting that the [‘impressive’](https://twitter.com/MattWoosie/status/1484575927036219397) Joe Whitworth has been keeping him out of the side.

If he can’t hold down the no. 1 spot at that level, then you’d have to doubt whether he has the credentials to be a Palace first-teamer in the long term.

A permanent move to the Football League could be the best thing for him.

**In other news, [fans react to links with a big name midfielder](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-transfer-rumours/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-christian-eriksen-links/).**