Crystal Palace are ‘checking on’ Blackburn Rovers’ Adam Wharton, reports The Sun.
Wharton, 18, is a product of the Blackburn Rovers youth academy. He made his Championship debut for the club earlier this season and has since featured 12 times in the league for Rovers, scoring once and assisting once along the way.
But The Sun is now reporting that Crystal Palace have en eye on Wharton. Alan Nixon says that the Eagles are keeping tabs on the Englishman, and that he ‘could be tempted’ by a move to Selhurst Park, even if it means him working his way through the ranks there.
Wharton’s Blackburn side currently sit in 6th place of the Championship table after a strong season to date, but Jon Dahl Tomasson’s side are now winless in four after a goalless draw v Hull City yesterday.
One for the future…
At just 18 years old, Wharton has become a useful member of a Blackburn Rovers side that are chasing down a spot inside the top-six.
And his emergence was bound to attract Premier League interest at some point, but the question now is whether Rovers would part ways, and if so, how much would they command for the youngster.
Tomasson is already set to lose the likes of Ben Brereton Diaz in the summer, so he’ll be wary of losing a lot of first-team players all at once, especially with how well they’ve done this season.
But if a strong offer comes in then Blackburn might be tempted to cash in. And like Nixon says, Wharton could be tempted to join the Eagles.
Blackburn return to action v Coventry City on Wednesday night.
