Adam Wharton makes major decision on Liverpool transfer as Tottenham look to hijack deal for Crystal Palace star
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Adam Wharton is set to pause his move to Liverpool for a year
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But Wharton is happy to stay at Selhurst Park this season — and that makes the Kop favourites to land him.
Wharton forced his way into England's Euro 2024 squad after joining
Palace do not want to lose Wharton now as they face Marc Guehi and
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Palace, facing huge interest in their players this summer, are sure to demand a huge fee for Wharton who still has more than four years left on his contract.
Blackburn are also due a 15 per cent cut of profit over the £18m Palace paid up front for their former academy star 15 months ago.
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but Wharton has not played often enough this season to make their interest concrete.
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Mikel Arteta sees him as the 'final piece in the jigsaw' in a new-look line-up that the Spaniard hopes will see the Gunners finally win the Premier League.
But Sun Sport recently revealed that Arsenal face a major battle to land Eze in the shape of the German champions.
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