Crystal Palace Submit Reported £17m Late Bid for Quinten Timber

Marseille's cash problems make a deadline-day sale more likely and could force Timber out before the window shuts.

Overview

TalkSPORT reported that Crystal Palace have offered a reported £17 million for Quinten Timber and that the move depends on closing in the final hours of the transfer window.
Timber is a 25-year-old Netherlands international who joined Marseille from Feyenoord in January and was part of the national squad at the World Cup.
Marseille have already sold high-profile players to raise money and their strained finances are the main reason the club is considering selling Timber despite the coach's wish to keep him.
Other clubs linked this summer include FC Porto and Aston Villa, and Timber previously attracted interest from Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham in 2023; his twin brother Jurrien plays for Arsenal.
If the Palace deal fails to finish before the deadline, a January move is the reported fallback and any sale would ease Marseille's short-term budget pressure while changing Timber's playing and personal plans.