Transfer news and rumours today: Romain Esse to Crystal Palace, Woyo Coulibaly to Leicester, Philip Billing to Napoli

Crystal Palace person reportedly reached an statement to motion Millwall attacker Romain Esse.

On Thursday, Millwall brag Alex Neil confirmed Palace's involvement successful the 19-year-old, earlier helium warned the Eagles that they would person to wage a "significant" interest to motion the teenager.

Neil told BBC Radio London: "If helium does move, he'll determination for important money, which from the club's position volition beryllium superb concern considering we could person mislaid him successful the summertime for free."

According to talkSPORT, Palace are connected the verge of signing Esse aft agreeing a £14m woody with the Lions, which volition marque it a club-record merchantability for the Championship side.

Esse, who tin play retired wide oregon arsenic an attacking midfielder, has seemingly impressed Palace with his performances this season, registering 4 goals and 1 assistance successful 23 league appearances.

The England Under-20 planetary volition bolster Oliver Glasner's attacking options, which presently see Eberechi Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Daichi Kamada.

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Leicester acceptable to motion Coulibaly

Elsewhere successful the Premier League, Leicester City are reportedly connected the verge of signing Parma full-back Woyo Coulibaly.

Leicester brag Ruud van Nistelrooy volition beryllium keen to bring successful reinforcement to assistance the nine successful their Premier League endurance bid.

The Foxes are seemingly connected the brink of announcing their archetypal wintertime addition, with Gianluca Di Marzio reporting that a woody is 'done' for Leicester to motion Parma defender Coulibaly.

The study claims that the Foxes person fended disconnected involvement from Fiorentina to triumph the contention for Coulibaly, who had entered the last six months of his Parma contract.

Coulibaly volition supply Van Nistelrooy with a versatile enactment astatine full-back, having proven helium tin play connected the near and close broadside of defence.

The 25-year-old has featured successful 15 competitory matches for Parma this season, taking his wide tally to 88 appearances successful each competitions since helium joined the nine from Le Havre successful the summertime of 2021.

Billing swaps Bournemouth for Napoli

While Coulibaly is acceptable to permission Serie A, Bournemouth's Philip Billing has moved successful the other direction, having completed a indebtedness determination to Napoli.

Billing has represented the Cherries successful 201 matches since helium completed a determination from Huddersfield Town successful July 2019.

However, the midfielder has struggled to summation regular crippled clip this season, demonstrated by the information helium has started erstwhile successful 10 top-flight appearances.

From being connected the periphery of the Bournemouth squad, Billing has present been offered a lifeline by Antonio Conte's rubric challengers.

The Italian broadside person confirmed they person signed the 28-year-old connected a indebtedness woody until the extremity of the existent season.

As Sky Sports News, Napoli person the enactment to marque the determination imperishable for £9m, and they are said to beryllium paying the player's wages during the people of his loan.

The Dane has joined a nine that are sitting apical of the Serie A table with 44 points from 19 matches, leaving them 2 points wide of Atalanta and 4 points supra third-placed Inter Milan, who person 2 games successful hand.

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