Crystal Palace are closing in on the signing of Australian teenager Rylan Brownlie, in accordance with stories.
The 17-year-old is a product of A-League aspect Brisbane Roar and performed 12 occasions for the membership at senior stage, notching one objective and one help.
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Nevertheless, he left the membership in the summertime in the hunt for alternatives abroad and has been coaching with Crystal Palace ever since.
The striker is the son of Royce Brownlie, who had a short spell in England with Swindon City and Chester Metropolis between 2007 and 2008.
Crystal Palace to signal Australian expertise Rylan Brownlie
Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner. (Photograph by Michael Regan/Getty Pictures
In response to Soccer Insider, Brownlie has finished sufficient throughout his time with the Eagles to persuade them to signal him on a everlasting foundation, with the 2 events seemingly already in settlement.
The 2007-born starlet doesn’t flip 18 till February and can probably go straight into Palace’s U-18 aspect, who at the moment sit eighth out of 13 within the U-18 Premier League South desk.
At senior stage, Crystal Palace look like turning a nook, with their 1-0 win over Ipswich City on Tuesday which means they’ve misplaced simply considered one of their final seven matches throughout all competitions.
That run has seen the Eagles via to the EFL Cup quarter-finals — the place they’ll face Arsenal away — whereas they’ve climbed to seventeenth within the Premier League and are solely three factors adrift of West Ham United in 14th.
Up subsequent for Oliver Glasner’s males is a conflict with defending champions Manchester Metropolis at house earlier than they journey to rivals Brighton — adopted by that EFL Cup showdown with Arsenal.
Austrian supervisor Glasner can also be setting his sights towards the January switch window, informing stories not too long ago that he intends to see Palace’s winter enterprise accomplished early.