Crystal Palace have intensified efforts to sign Danny Ings but will have to meet Liverpool’s £20m valuation and convince the striker to relaunch his career at Selhurst Park to secure the 26-year-old this summer.
Roy Hodgson is keen to add Ings to his attack and the Liverpool forward has reluctantly decided he must leave Anfield for regular first-team football after an injury-plagued spell on Merseyside. The former Burnley forward has been left out of Liverpool’s pre-season tour of the US to do double training sessions at Melwood and negotiate a move that appeals to him.
Palace have registered their interest in Ings but the striker has several options to consider. Leicester City, Newcastle United and Southampton are also in for Ings, who has rejected moves away from Anfield in recent transfer windows. The Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp, has told Ings he wants him to stay but accepts the player’s desire to play regularly.
Liverpool are likely to be busy only with departures in the final two weeks of the transfer window. Besiktas have made an approach for the goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who can leave for about £12m following the £65m signing of Alisson, and are awaiting a decision from the Belgium international on his willingness to move to Istanbul.
One player who seems destined to depart is the forgotten Lazar Markovic, with the club opening talks with the Greek club Olympiakos. The club would expect to receive a fee of £5m-£7m, with Standard Liège and a number of English sides also interested after watching his appearances in pre-season.
