{"id":601814,"date":"2026-08-23T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/601814\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:30:12","slug":"aston-villa-make-jean-philippe-mateta-enquiry-as-crystal-palace-contract-dispute-goes-to-fifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/601814\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa make Jean-Philippe Mateta enquiry as Crystal Palace contract dispute goes to FIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aston Villa have made an enquiry about Jean-Philippe Mateta, amid a contractual dispute between the French international striker and his current club of Crystal Palace<\/p>\n

Aaron Morris Senior Sports Reporter<\/p>\n

21:48, 22 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

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Jean-Philippe Mateta is linked with a move to Aston Villa(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Aston Villa are targeting a move for Jean-Philippe Mateta, as the French striker finds himself embroiled in a contractual dispute with Crystal Palace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Villans have lost a number of key players as they head into a new Premier League season, including Morgan Rogers<\/a>, Ezri Konsa<\/a>, Youri Tielemans<\/a> and Lucas Digne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Johan Manzambi and Joao Gomes have been brought in as midfield reinforcement, while Matteo Ruggeri, Moudou Keba Cisse and Aaron Wan-Bissaka strengthen the backline. Zion Suzuki has also joined the club from Parma as a new option in goal.<\/p>\n

And it now looks as though the club are looking for backup for Ollie Watkins, with Mateta highlighted as a potential target.<\/p>\n

As per the Mail, the Villans have enquired about a move for the Frenchman, although the Eagles have no intention to sell their talisman. No concrete offer has been made for the 29-year-old at present.<\/p>\n

It comes as Mateta is currently involved in a contractual dispute with his current club. As per BBC<\/a> Sport, the centre-forward has launched an official dispute with FIFA over the remainder of his contract, which is set to expire next summer.<\/p>\n

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Mateta initially signed for Palace in 2021 in an 18-month loan, before signing a four and a half year contract with the club the following January.<\/p>\n

That contract also included an option for a 12 month extension, which Palace activated in 2024. That means that Mateta’s current deal is set to expire at the end of 2026\/27.<\/p>\n

However, Mateta argues that the final year of his contract – which lands as the optional extra year – ought to be null and voided. It is understood that the Frenchman’s case was heard by an independent tribunal under Premier League rules.<\/p>\n

He has also taken his case to FIFA, who have ruled that overturning the claim is not within its governance.<\/p>\n

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But the 29-year-old is claiming the final year of his contract – the optional extra year – should be void and it is understood Mateta’s case was heard by an independent tribunal under the Premier League’s rules.<\/p>\n

It means that Mateta will be required to see out the remainder of his contract with Palace, regardless of his belief. The player featured in Palace’s starting XI for Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium, substituted 63 minutes in for Jorgen Strand Larsen.<\/p>\n

Villa are set to face Brighton at the AMEX Stadium in their own Premier League curtain raiser on Sunday at 2pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aston Villa have made an enquiry about Jean-Philippe Mateta, amid a contractual dispute between the French international striker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[91986,255005,100313,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-601814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-aston-villa-fc","tag-aston-villa-fc-transfer-news","tag-crystal-palace-fc","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}