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Patrick Vieira promoted Joe Whitworth to the Crystal Palace first-team squad ahead of the 2022/23 season. The goalkeeper and Eagles supporter had been a part of Crystal Palace’s academy since the age of 13. He would also enjoy his senior debut away to rivals Brighton & Hove Albion in March 2023
Joel Ward is the longest-serving member of the Crystal Palace first-team squad after joining in 2012 from Portsmouth. Dougie Freedman paid the Fratton Park side £400k for the then-22-year-old right-back. He has since amassed more than 333 appearances for the Eagles as a versatile defensive star.
Tyrick Mitchell by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty ImagesName:Tyrick Kwon MitchellDOB:01/09/1999Position:Left-backJoined Crystal Palace:December 2019Joined From:AcademyKit number:3
Tyrick Mitchell left Brentford to join Crystal Palace’s academy in 2016 and began his first-team career in the Eagles’ squad in 2019. The homegrown talent even made his 100th senior appearance against Tottenham Hotspur in May 2023. While Mitchell also enjoyed his senior England debut in March 2023.
James Tomkins
by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty ImagesName:James Oliver Charles TomkinsDOB:29/03/1989Position:Centre-halfJoined Crystal Palace:June 2016Joined From:West Ham UnitedKit number:5
West Ham United sold their academy product, James Tomkins, to Crystal Palace in 2016 for £10m to strengthen their London rival’s squad. He made 243 senior appearances with the Irons before ending an almost 20-year association. While the defender has gone on to feature in more than 130 fixtures.
Marc Guehi Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty ImagesName:Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel GuehiDOB:13/07/2000Position:Centre-halfJoined Crystal Palace:July 2021Joined From:ChelseaKit number:6
Chelsea sold the Blues’ academy product, Marc Guehi, to Crystal Palace in 2021 in a deal worth up to £20m. The defender had only ever made two senior appearances with the Blues around loan spells at Swansea City. He has since been instrumental at Selhurst Park and made his England debut in 2022.
Joachim Andersen
by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty ImagesName:Joachim Christian AndersenDOB:31/05/1996Position:Centre-halfJoined Crystal Palace:July 2021Joined From:Olympique LyonKit number:16
Joachim Andersen secured a permanent transfer to the Premier League in 2021 after joining Crystal Palace from Lyon for £15m. The Denmark defender could cost the Eagles up to £17m after add-ons, having impressed on loan at Fulham during 2020/21. He has since been a mainstay at Selhurst Park.
Nathaniel Clyne Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty ImagesName:Nathaniel Edwin ClyneDOB:05/04/1991Position:Right-backJoined Crystal Palace:October 2020Joined From:LiverpoolKit number:17
Nathaniel Clyne re-joined Crystal Palace’s first-team squad in 2020 after his contract at Liverpool had expired. The full-back graduated from the Eagles’ academy in 2008 before joining Southampton from 2012 to 2015. His second spell at Selhurst Park has pushed Clyne to around 200 games with the club.
Chris Richards
by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty ImagesName:Christopher Jeffrey RichardsDOB:28/03/2000Position:Centre-halfJoined Crystal Palace:July 2022Joined From:Bayern MunichKit number:26
Bayern Munich sold Chris Richards to Crystal Palace for £8.5m after being on loan to Hoffenheim for the previous 17 months. But a leg injury would frustrate the USA star’s debut term in south London.
Nathan Ferguson
Name:Nathan Kirk-Patrick FergusonDOB:06/10/2000Position:Centre-halfJoined Crystal Palace:July 2020Joined From:West Bromwich AlbionKit number:36
Crystal Palace signed Nathan Ferguson in the summer of 2020 after backing away from an £8m deal that January. West Brom refused to budge on the sum when the defender’s medical revealed a knee injury. He would move to Selhurst Park at the end of his contract instead for £900k in compensation.
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