Crystal Palace are among a host of Premier League clubs set to send scouts to monitor Gent forward Laurent Depoitre, reports say.
The 27-year-old, who has scored 22 goals in 57 games for the Belgian club, has attracted the attention of several English sides.
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According to Niuwsblad, Premier League rivals Palace, West Ham, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Sunderland, Leicester, Southampton, Everton and West Brom are preparing to set scouts to Gent’s home Champions League clash against Wolfsburg on Wednesday evening.
Depoitre, whose contract at Gent lasts until the summer of 2017, has already netted 10 goals this season but is said to hope to seal a move to England at some point in his career.
Meanwhile, the Telegraph report that giants Arsenal are also tracking the international forward, who started his career at Tournai and has been compared to Liverpool’s Christian Benteke in his native Belgium.
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