{"id":273674,"date":"2025-11-20T14:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/273674\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:11:21","slug":"jean-philippe-mateta-contract-crystal-palace-hold-talks-with-striker-over-new-deal-as-transfer-interest-grows-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/273674\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Philippe Mateta contract: Crystal Palace hold talks with striker over new deal as transfer interest grows | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace have held talks with Jean-Philippe Mateta about extending his contract at Selhurst Park.<\/p>\n<p>There is no agreement yet &#8211; but Palace remain calm about the situation, with the Frenchman&#8217;s current deal still having more than 18 months left to run.<\/p>\n<p>Palace are aware of growing interest in Mateta, as well as a number of their other players including Daniel Munoz, Adam Wharton and Liverpool target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13472847\/marc-guehi-transfer-news-crystal-palace-believe-only-liverpool-may-attempt-to-sign-england-centre-back-in-january-window\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Guehi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mateta, 28, has scored six goals in 11 games so far this season having finished last season in red-hot form.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-premier-league-crystal-palace_7068743.jpg\"   alt=\"Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates after scoring for Crystal Palace against Brentford\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates after scoring for Crystal Palace against Brentford<\/p>\n<p>He recently broke into the France squad and scored twice in his first three caps.<\/p>\n<p>He made his international debut in October and then scored in the draw with Iceland before adding his second in the win away to Azerbaijan last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Mateta has scored 54 times in 171 appearances for Palace , including 17 in all competitions last season as Palace won the FA Cup and qualified for Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13472847\/marc-guehi-transfer-news-crystal-palace-believe-only-liverpool-may-attempt-to-sign-england-centre-back-in-january-window\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palace believe only Liverpool could make Guehi move in January<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crystal Palace believe only Liverpool may attempt to buy Marc Guehi in January, Sky Sports News understands.<\/p>\n<p>The feeling around Selhurst Park is that the other major European sides interested in Guehi are only willing to sign him as a free agent next summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-jimmy-floyd-hasselbaink_7086224.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink\"  aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink says Crystal Palace defender should wait for a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid or Barcelona over a move to Liverpool in January.  <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool remain interested in Guehi after a late \u00a335m deal to buy him collapsed on Deadline Day in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Whether their preference is to try and buy him in January or land him as a free transfer next summer remains to be seen, but there is competition from some big clubs in Europe, especially Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid and Barcelona are also thought to be keen and Guehi is free to speak to foreign clubs from January 1.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool go into the January window having lost summer signing and centre-back Giovanni Leoni to long-term injury while there is uncertainty around the future of Ibrahima Konate, with his contract set to expire in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace have held talks with Jean-Philippe Mateta about extending his contract at Selhurst Park. 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