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Clinton Morrison says Jean-Philippe Mateta destined for bigger things than Crystal Palace
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Feb 23, 2025
Former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison admits he's a big fan of Jean-Philippe Mateta and can see the Frenchman leaving for a bigger club at the end of the season.
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I think betet has been outstanding I
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think you know he's just like when he
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when he first came in and he wasn't
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playing I was like I used to speak to
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people at Palace and saying why I don't
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understand why they signed this guy like
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he's not really and then they would like
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just give him an when he gets an
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opportunity he will start flying and I
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just he's just been outstanding he's
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he's a he's a handful I think he's a old
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modern day Center forward where he likes
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the ball into his chest he can hold it
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he can roll people he can score all
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kinds of goals and I just think over the
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last year he's been one of the best
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strik as there is in the Premier League
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and and his goals and the stats back
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that up and I just think he's a big
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handful and if I'm Palace I got to tie
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him down to a long contract because
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there'll be clubs that come knocking on
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the door for him because absolutely lot
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of Center forwards that can do what he
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can do so and I'm talking about clubs in
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Europe as well that would become
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knocking on go for him but I think he's
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been outstanding the goal he scores the
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other day against West is just big
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handing yeah but do you think a club
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like Palace realistically is able to
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keep hold of a of a a striker like that
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for another transfer window I'm not
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saying this transfer window but is he a
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gon in the summer for instance well
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there's a good yeah I know I know
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exactly what you're got saying and
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because Palace are we are we are a
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selling Club you saw it in the summer
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when we had to sell Bayern Munich came
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knocking and Michael Alis went to Bayern
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Munich so it's different so yeah there
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will come a time where Palace won't be
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able to keep hold of meta and you I
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don't think it in January maybe if he
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carries on going from now to the summer
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he'll have a lot of big clubs look
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coming after him but I think that's
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where Palace are at the moment they
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brought buy Little Gems make them better
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players and then they have to sell them
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on and I think that's the football club
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I don't think they can compete with the
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big clubs financially and that's and I
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think everyone knows really that's where
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Palace are so yeah it's going to be
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difficult I hope he stays for at least
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couple of Seasons but I think you could
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be right I think there could be a lot of
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big team looking at him in the summer
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and then if that happens maybe Palace
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won't be out to keep it
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