Sky Sports: Crystal Palace closes 32 million pounds to finalize Elhanus while considering Diblin

 6:03pm, 20 August 2025

Sky Sports reported that Crystal Palace is about to finalize Leicester City player El Hanus, with an estimated transfer fee of £32 million.

Crystal Palace is about to reach a £32 million deal with Leicester City against striker El Hanus, but Crystal Palace has not yet fully confirmed the transfer and they are still exploring the possibility of signing Southampton winger Dibrin.

Sky Sports learned that Crystal Palace and Leicester City had reached a general consensus on the transfer payment structure of Elhanus, but the advancement of the deal has temporarily stalled while Crystal Palace management considers other options. Crystal Palace has long been interested in Diblin, who had made an offer for him in January. However, considering Southampton's valuation of Dibring is as high as £45m, signing him would be a much more expensive option.

Everton's three offers in this transfer window were rejected and he is still unwilling to meet this valuation so far. However, with only two weeks left in the transfer window, Dibrin is still one of the three forwards Everton is concerned about, and the other two include Malik Fofana and Leicester City's Fatawu.