Crystal Palace have moved on with Patrick Vieira steering the side into a much more comfortable position of 11th in the Premier League since he joined the club in the summer and made signings of a number of young players in the side, but could now be heading for his first mistake of his career with the Eagles.

What's the word?

According to talkSPORT, Palace are front runners to sign Juventus outcast, Aaron Ramsey, after the Serie A giant's manager, Massimiliano Allegri, confirmed that the 31-year-old will leave the club in January.

Juventus' official club Twitter account tweeted a quote from the manager;

"@aaronramsey is an outgoing player. Instead @AlvaroMorata will not leave, he is a performance footballer. The problem with him is that he is given a wrong label. He is very important: I talked to him and I told him not to move from here. Case closed."

Sky Sports have added that Allegri also said:

"Ramsey, he returned today after we had given him a few days off to work, to train separately, in England. In any case, he's an outgoing player. "

The Eagles are not the only club rumoured to be interested in the midfielder, with Sport MediaSet reporting that both Newcastle United and Aston Villa are interested in securing his signature this January, following the comments from Allegri.

Fans will be fuming

Palace fans have welcomed the new era of Vieira, who has brought in a number of young players to the club that have made a great impact on the side this season so far, with loan player Conor Gallagher stealing the headlines on a number of occasions for his performances at the club.

However, adding a player like Ramsey to the team doesn't make much sense in Vieira's path to produce and nurture young talent at Selhurst Park, with the £175k-per-week star turning 31 years old last month, it would seem that he wouldn't be part of a future project at the club but more of an impact signing that could hinder the development of other players.

One CPFC fan tweeted about the speculation of signing the player;

"I cannot understand why we are/were favourites to sign Aaron Ramsey. If it was as simple as 'would you like Aaron Ramsey in the Palace team?' then obvs it would be a yes but basically every single caveat of the deal makes no sense for us."

Crystal Palace's squad was the oldest in the Premier League upon Roy Hodgson's departure, but Vieira's appointment has seen him sign Gallagher, Odsonne Edouard, Will Hughes, Michael Olise and Marc Guehi, which has brought the average age down from 29.8 to 28.

Adding Ramsey, therefore, would only repeat Hodgson's mistakes. Vieira must forget about the Welshman, even if his Arsenal association is tempting.

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