Benteke linked with Crystal Palace exit

Crystal Palace are ready to sell striker Christian Benteke this summer according to the Mail Online.

The Belgium international signed from Liverpool in a club record deal back in the summer of 2016 and scored fifteen league goals in his first campaign with the Eagles while he also chipped in with two in the FA Cup.

However, he has struggled to reach those heights this season, netting just twice in twenty-seven league outings – form that saw him dropped to the bench for the side’s 3-2 win over rivals Brighton and Hove Albion at the weekend.

Prior to his move to Selhurst Park the twenty-seven year old spent a season at Liverpool where he also struggled to recapture the form he showed at Aston Villa.

In three campaigns with Villa he scored forty-nine goals in one hundred and one games while he also played in the 2015 FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal.