Crystal Palace repeat favourite transfer trick by signing hot Championship prospect

With the deadline day signing of Derby Country striker Luke Plange, Crystal Palace have once again shown their commitment to signing young talent from England's second tier.

The Eagles have utilised the Championship to their benefit in recent seasons by plucking some of the league's best players and adding them to their ranks in south London.

Plange is the latest of those, with the 19-year-old striker having only made his senior debut in December but making an instant impression at Pride Park for Wayne Rooney's side.

A former Arsenal academy player, Plange is being sent back to Derby for the remainder of the season on loan before he moves up to the Premier League where he'll be treading a path familiar to many members of Patrick Vieira's first team.

Below, have picked out the players from the Crystal Palace squad who thrived in the Championship before moving to the Eagles shortly after.

The player who started off Palace's recent love affair with the English second tier, Ebere Eze broke through in west London at Queens Park Rangers.

The attacking midfielder played 46 times in all competitions in the 2018-19 season but truly broke into the mainstream a year later, scoring 14 goals and providing eight assists in 48 games for the Hoops.

Eze's form saw him called up to the England Under-21 side and soon attracted Palace's interest. He signed a five-year contract at Selhurst Park in August 2020 for a fee that could rise to £20million.

He quickly settled in south London and was one of the Eagles' standout players during Roy Hodgson's final season in charge of the club.

An Achilles injury then kept him on the sidelines for six months before he returned to playing action under new manager Patrick Vieira against Aston Villa in