Second bid?

"Crystal Palace are expected to make a second attempt to land Brentford striker Ollie Watkins.

An £11million bid was rejected, but boss Roy Hodgson needs to add to his attack and Palace will up their offer for Watkins, who scored 12 times last season.

Palace are also interested in Watkins’ team-mate Neal Maupay.

The striker, who has been linked with palace’s rivals Brighton, has been left out of pre-season preparations because of uncertainty over his future."

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21:50 Update

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Not great, but if it means Watkins does come to Palace, then we get a good striker/winger, and if Zaha stays then it should be OK for him to work his way in slowly?

I have seen Watkins play as a striker but I have also seen him play out wide, cutting in from the left on to his favoured right foot.Understand he has also played as a No 10.

In terms of his penalty taking technique, he normally doesn't look at the goalkeeper,he looks at the other end of the pitch, then turns runs in and takes the kick.I saw him change this method a couple of years ago and he skied his shot ! I am led to believe he is a quiet lad.