Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira has predicted Odsonne Edouard can turn out to be a high English Premier League marksman after a stuttering first season on the membership.
The Frenchman left Celtic for a transfer to Selhurst Park in a deal value as much as £18.5 million with add-ons in the summertime of 2022, however struggled for begins and targets in first high flight marketing campaign south of the border producing a return of simply six targets in all competitions. Edouard would endured a seven month aim drought in between a strike towards Liverpool in January and netting within the Carabao Cup win over Oxford United, which noticed a number of critics take goal on the frontman and Vieira's recruitment resolution.
The 24-year-old is lastly beginning to silence his doubters having netted within the 2-1 win for Palace over Leeds United, having additionally scored within the defeat to Chelsea the weekend earlier than. The marksman has began 5 of the Eagles eight Premier League fixtures up to now this season and his gaffer reckons he's nicely on the way in which to being a high finisher south of the border.
Talking after the victory over Leeds, Vieira was quizzed on if he thought Edouard was prepared to steer the road repeatedly for Palace. He stated: “I hope so.
“Within the final couple of video games that we performed, he was actually good for us with the way in which he linked the sport and was dropping deeper and dealing actually arduous. He’s scoring targets, so that can construct his confidence.
"Particularly as a quantity 9, to play video games, to imagine in his potential, and attempt to convey that reference to the gamers round him. He was actually good in the present day.”
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