Crystal Palace vs. Everton: Ismaila Sarr repeats 21-year scoring record as transfer verdict issued

Crystal Palace attacker Ismaila Sarr became conscionable the 2nd subordinate of an exclusive Eagles nine successful Sunday's Premier League showdown with Everton astatine Selhurst Park.

The 28-year-old came into the contention connected the backmost of helping Oliver Glasner's men scope the 2025-26 Conference League final, scoring for the 5th European crippled moving successful Thursday's 2-1 semi-final second-leg triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk.

Sarr has been much prolific successful the Conference League than successful the Premier League this season, amassing a terrific 9 goals successful the third-tier European competition, portion inactive posting respectable numbers successful the apical flight.

The Senegal planetary sat connected 7 goals successful the Premier League anterior to Sunday's sojourn of Everton, and helium accrued his full with a landmark onslaught to equalise against the Toffees.

After James Tarkowski had propelled David Moyes's men into the lead, Sarr combined with Daniel Munoz connected the right-hand broadside and saw 1 changeable blocked, but the rebound fell kindly for the attacker to smash location the leveller.

Ismaila Sarr reaches 20 goals for play for Crystal Palace

In doing so, Sarr moved onto 20 goals for the play crossed each competitions, becoming conscionable the 2nd Crystal Palace subordinate to deed that people with the Eagles being a Premier League club.

The archetypal to negociate that feat successful the Palace jersey was Andy Johnson, who bagged 22 goals successful each tournaments during the 2004-05 season, 21 of which came successful the Premier League.

In summation to his 8 Premier League and 9 Conference League goals, Sarr scored successful the Community Shield triumph implicit Liverpool and besides netted doubly against the Reds successful the EFL Cup fourth-round win.

However, Sarr has acceptable up conscionable 1 extremity for the Eagles successful the 2025-26 campaign, providing the assistance for Munoz's opener successful October's 2-1 nonaccomplishment distant astatine Everton.

Could Ismaila Sarr permission Crystal Palace this summer?

Some whitethorn instrumentality Sarr's 20 goals successful each tournaments with a pinch of salt, fixed that conscionable nether 50% of them person travel successful the Conference League; a contention Chelsea outcast Marc Guiu netted six times successful past term.

Nevertheless, the 28-year-old is evidently successful the premier of his vocation and has besides proven himself arsenic a big-game player, demonstrated by his predominant goals against Liverpool and brace successful past season's FA Cup semi-final triumph implicit Aston Villa.

La Liga outfit Villarreal are understood to beryllium funny successful a summertime woody for Sarr, but the winger is nether declaration astatine Selhurst Park for different 3 seasons, and it would instrumentality a sizeable interest for the Eagles to see selling.