{"id":18997,"date":"2026-07-19T23:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18997"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:19:34","slug":"crystal-palace-value-maxence-lacroix-at-55m-as-chelsea-make-contact-over-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18997","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace value Maxence Lacroix at \u00a355m as Chelsea make contact over deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-blocks\">\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\"><b>Crystal Palace have set an asking price of \u00a355m for Maxence Lacroix, amid interest from Chelsea.<\/b><\/div>\n<p>Chelsea have made contact with Crystal Palace to discuss a deal for Lacroix, as Xabi Alonso looks to overhaul his centre-back options at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Lacroix is seen as a readymade option to improve Chelsea, having impressed in the Premier League across his two seasons at Crystal Palace.<\/div>\n<p>The 26-year-old has been a key part of Palace&#8217;s recent success, lifting the first trophies in the club&#8217;s history with FA Cup, Community Shield, and Europa Conference League success.<\/p>\n<p>He has broken into the France squad as a result and has earned seven caps since his debut earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Developments on a potential transfer are expected to accelerate, following France&#8217;s exit at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">According to Ben Jacobs, Palace want a fee of at least \u00a355m. The Eagles are using Jan Paul van Hecke&#8217;s transfer from Brighton to Tottenham Hotspur as a yardstick for their valuation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Lacroix ranked in the top 10 centre-backs in the Premier League last season for aerial duels won, possession won, and defensive duels won.<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea are keen to sign at least one new defender to complement Alonso&#8217;s preferred three centre-back system. The West Londoners are also in talks over the sale of Trevoh Chalobah, who has interest from Como and Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace have set an asking price of \u00a355m for Maxence Lacroix, amid interest from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}