Jean-Philippe Mateta’s Selhurst Park career could be winding down.
BBC Sport’s Alex Howell reports the France striker has told Crystal Palace he’d like to leave the club.
Mateta, 28, has a contract that runs through the summer of 2027. He has eight goals in 21 league appearances this season.
Outgoing Palace manager Oliver Glasner admitted last week that the team was listening to offers for the player.
“There will be a price that Crystal Palace [would accept], with 18 months left on his contract,” Glasner said. “We’d do the deal, if JP wants. If nobody pays that price, then he will stay.”
A native of the Paris area, Mateta joined the Eagles on loan from Bundesliga side Mainz in 2021 before making the move permanent in 2022 in a move worth €18 million.
Over four seasons with Palace, Mateta has 46 goals in 151 league matches and 56 goals across all competitions.
Mateta was a member of the Eagles team that won the FA Cup last spring.
Internationally, Mateta represented France at the 2024 Paris Olympics in a silver medal-winning effort, scoring four goals. He made his senior debut for Les Bleus this past October and has two goals in three France caps.
Palace currently sits 13th in the table on 28 points, eight points behind Liverpool for the final Champions League spot. They return to league action on Sunday with a visit from sixth-place Chelsea.
