“An excellent destination for youthful players” – Crystal Palace to rival Spurs for young Peterborough United star’s signature

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict‘ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Crystal Palace are set to rival Tottenham Hotspur for the signature of highly rated Peterborough United defender Ronnie Edwards, as per the Daily Mail.

According to the Daily Mail report, Patrick Viera is looking for yet another young addition to his Crystal Palace side, and see Edwards as a big part of their future who could play alongside Marc Guehi and Joachim Andersen at the heart of their defence.

Edwards, who has made 30 appearances for Peterborough United in the Championship this campaign and is an England youth international, has also been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur in recent weeks.

With that being said, we asked three of our writers here at FLW for their verdict on a potential Edwards move to Crystal Palace, questioning whether it was a good signing for the Eagles and whether or not it was a good career move for Edwards himself. Here’s what they had to say.

Edwards is quite clearly a talented player, but it may be too soon for him to make the step up to the Premier League.

This is only Edwards’ first full season in professional football having made just a handful of appearances for Posh last season, and he’s played in a struggling team so it will have been a learning curve for him this season.

However he’s clearly impressing scouts and it’s his ball-playing abilities from the back which make him a valuable commodity – the £15 million price-tag though that is rumbling does appear to be on the steep side however.

Peterborough appear destined to be heading back to League One next season and