Revealed: Crystal Palace respond to Fulham's Andersen bid

Fulham’s opening bid for centre-back Joachim Andersen is “nowhere near” the valuation of Crystal Palace, sources have told Football Insider.

The Cottagers have launched a £20million swoop to bring the 28-year-old back to the club but will not be successful at that price.

Andersen spent the 2020-21 campaign on loan at Fulham before he left Lyon for Crystal Palace in the following season.

The Denmark international is not the only Palace centre-back in demand this summer, with Marc Guehi the subject of bids from Newcastle United.

Football Insider revealed last week (6 August) that Guehi has agreed terms with Newcastle – but the two clubs are yet to agree a suitable fee.

Crystal Palace to rebuff £20m Andersen approach

Sources say Palace are “very unlikely” to be open to selling both Guehi and Andersen before the 30 August deadline even if Fulham increase their bid.

Andersen started in all 38 Premier League games in the 2023-24 campaign and wore the captain’s armband for Oliver Glasner’s side in the latter stages of the season.

He made 40 appearances across all competitions, scoring twice as Palace finished 10th in the top flight.

The 28-year-old has played 112 times for the Eagles since joining for a reported fee of more than £17million.

Palace and Andersen kick off the new campaign against Brentford on Sunday (18 August), while Fulham take on Man United on Friday (16 August).

In other news, Leicester and Palace told cost of Wilfried Zaha deal.

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