Crystal Palace have completed the signing of defender Maxence Lacroix from Wolfsburg.
The announcement comes as Palace have also reached an agreement to sign Trevoh Chalobah on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea.
The Athletic reported on Wednesday that Palace had agreed a fee for Lacroix. They will pay an initial €18million for the 24-year-old, with a potential €3m due in add-ons.
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Palace have already seen one centre-back depart this summer with Joachim Andersen signing for Fulham in a deal worth up to £30m. The south London club have also rejected multiple bids for England international Marc Guehi, who captained the side during their Carabao Cup second-round win against Norwich City on Tuesday.
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Palace moved to sign Chadi Riad earlier this summer but the Moroccan centre-back sustained an injury during the Norwich game and had to be taken off after only 10 minutes. Riad, 21, had previously made his Palace debut in the 2-0 home defeat by West Ham United. Chris Richards and Rob Holding are the other senior centre-backs in Oliver Glasner’s squad.
Lacroix made 28 appearances for Wolfsburg last season and captained the side on occasion. He started their DFP-Pokal first-round win over TuS Koblenz earlier this month but was left out of the squad which lost 3-2 against Bayern Munich last weekend.
Lacroix joined Wolfsburg from Sochaux in his native France in 2020 and has made 130 appearances for the German team.
Palace return to Premier League action on Sunday when they face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
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