Rumour: Jerome Onguene

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Aston Villa and Crystal Palace have expressed interest in Sochaux defender Jerome Onguene. The 18-year-old defender has earned rave reviews with his club this season prompting a £1.75million offer from Turkish club Trabzonspor at the weekend. Onguene was born in Cameroon but has been capped by France at U19 level and is due to play for his country again against England, Croatia and Holland in the UEFA U19 Championship next month. The 6ft 3ins centre back, who can also play right-back, has been watched by Arsenal and Newcastle too in the past year. Sochaux would like to keep Onguene but the move would help them financially. Palace are in the driving seat given their top flight status, but Villa manager Roberto Di Matteo will hope to lure the youngster to Villa Park with the player having a better chance of regular first team football next season. Alan Pardew will have money to spend ahead of the new Premier League campaign, and his budget will be increased if the club complete the sale of Dwight Gayle. Fulham are set to rival Newcastle with an £11million move for the former Peterborough United. The 25-year-old only signed a new three-year deal at Selhurst Park in April but has struggled for first-team opportunities.

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