Crystal Palace plot £20million transfer raid on Sunderland for Chris Rigg, 17, after stunning start to new season

CRYSTAL PALACE are targeting a £20million-plus for Sunderland's teenage sensation Chris Rigg.

The 17-year-old midfielder has established himself arsenic a regular starter for Sunderland this play aft becoming the second-youngest subordinate successful the club's past whilst inactive astatine schoolhouse past year.

Palace person watched Rigg play for the Black Cats respective times this season.

The teen has impressed for the promotion chasers, bagging 3 goals successful 12 games.

And Palace sporting manager Dougie Freedman is convinced helium volition beryllium bully capable for the Premier League.

The London nine could adjacent marque a determination successful January, arsenic they did past play successful signing Adam Wharton from Blackburn for £18m.

The 20-year-old made specified an interaction astatine Palace that helium was named successful the England squad for past summer's European Championship.

But aft making his debut successful a warm-up crippled against Bosnia helium did not play a crippled successful Germany.

Sunderland gave Rigg a caller three-year declaration past summertime and volition defy immoderate effort to lure him distant from the Stadium of Light during the season.

Rigg impressed for England under-18s implicit the summertime pursuing his breakthrough campaign.

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He made 21 appearances past word and has been with the Black Cats since helium was astatine superior school.

Rigg is nether declaration astatine the Stadium of Light until the summertime of 2027.

After signing the caller deal, helium beamed: "I privation to make arsenic a subordinate and amended arsenic a person.

"And I judge this is the champion spot for maine to bash that."

The Black Cats person been the astonishment bundle of the Championship play truthful acold nether caller French manager Regis Le Bris.

They are presently apical of the table, up of chasing battalion Sheffield United, Leeds, and Burnley.

Failure to triumph promotion this play nevertheless could pb to Sunderland seeking to currency successful connected Rigg adjacent summer, erstwhile helium volition person conscionable 2 years near connected his deal.