Crystal Palace transfer news: Eagles win race for ‘secret target’ wanted by Arsenal, Newcastle

Crystal Palace are reportedly closing successful connected the signing of defender Oscar Mingueza.

The Eagles are yet to marque a azygous signing this summertime since the departure of Oliver Glasner and accomplishment of caller caput manager Pierre Sage.

However, journalist Fabrizio Romano claims that the South London nine person a verbal statement successful spot to motion 27-year-old Mingueza connected a escaped transfer.

The Spaniard is presently a escaped cause aft his declaration with La Liga nine Celta Vigo expired astatine the extremity of past month.

Mingueza has been linked with a big of clubs, including Premier League duo Arsenal and Newcastle United who had emerged arsenic frontrunners for his signature.

Liverpool, Everton and Aston Villa were besides credited with an interest successful Mingueza, but Palace are said to person identified the right-back arsenic a apical ‘secret’ people and person swooped successful to triumph the race.

Arsenal, Newcastle acceptable to miss retired connected Crystal Palace-bound Mingueza

It is understood that Palace agreed each presumption with Mingueza implicit the past 48 hours and a aesculapian is acceptable to beryllium scheduled earlier helium tin finalise his determination to Selhurst Park.

Mingueza volition presumably supply contention for some Daniel Munoz and 35-year-old Nathaniel Clyne astatine right-back, oregon astatine close wing-back if Sage decides to instrumentality with a three-at-the-back system.

Born successful Catalonia, Mingueza began his vocation successful Barcelona’s celebrated La Masia academy and worked his mode done the club’s younker ranks earlier representing their B squad for the archetypal clip successful 2018.

He past made his elder debut for Barcelona successful 2020 and went connected to marque a full of 66 appearances for the La Liga giants crossed each competitions, winning the Copa del Rey successful his archetypal season.

Mingueza was incapable to found himself arsenic a first-team regular agelong term, though, and decided to articulation Celta Vigo successful July 2022, playing 147 times crossed each tournaments implicit a four-year period.

He showed his versatility successful his last twelvemonth astatine the club, arsenic helium played regularly astatine right-back and left-back crossed 47 games successful La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Europa League, chipping successful with 1 extremity and 7 assists.

Mingueza is simply a four-cap Spain planetary who was a UEFA Nations League runner-up successful 2024-25, but helium has since represented Catalonia connected 2 occasions.