Overview
- Reports say Everton are holding or due to hold “serious” talks with Crystal Palace across Tuesday and Wednesday as insiders warn the move must be completed this week or it will not happen.
- Journalist Pipe Sierra and club sources report Palace have set a £25 million asking price for Munoz and will only consider a sale if that valuation is met.
- Palace are not actively trying to sell Munoz and have already signed Anan Khalaili as a direct replacement, giving them leverage in talks.
- Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest have also monitored Munoz’s availability, and Everton’s public interest in Fulham’s Timothy Castagne may be used as negotiating leverage, according to a former Everton chief.
- Munoz joined Palace from Genk in January 2024 for about £6.8m and scored five goals with four assists last season, so a transfer would directly address Everton manager David Moyes’s urgent need for an experienced right-back before the September 1 deadline.