Crystal Palace are set to make a bid in the region of £1.5m for Peter Odemwingie on Thursday. West Bromwich Albion
are keen to offload the Nigeria forward, who fell out of favour after a
proposed move to Queens Park Rangers collapsed in January, although the
Midlands club are hoping for a fee closer to £2.5m and would prefer to
sell him overseas.
It is understood that Odemwingie's preference
would be to remain in the Premier League, with Palace representing the
best chance of that happening. The Fulham manager, Martin Jol, had
considered trying to bring Odemwingie to Craven Cottage but it seems
unlikely that his interest will translate into a formal offer.
Palace
will almost certainly have to raise their bid for Odemwingie for Albion
to do business, although with the transfer in everyone's best
interests, it is likely a compromise will be reached.
The
31-year-old, who has 12 months remaining on his contract at The
Hawthorns, has no future with Albion. He has been made to change in a
separate dressing room to the rest of Albion's first-team squad while
his training is restricted to individual work, away from the rest of the
players.