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According to France Football, via Get French Football News, Watford are in pole position to sign reported Crystal Palace target Allan Saint-Maximin, and Eagles fans on Twitter are understandably not impressed.

The Daily Mail reported last month that the south London outfit are interested in the attacker, who could cost £25m, with the Frenchman being viewed as not only providing competition for Wilfried Zaha at Selhurst Park, but potentially even replacing him in the long term.

However, while France Football, via GFFN, have acknowledged the interest from Palace in their latest report, they believe that their Premier League rivals are in direct contact with Maximin's entourage about a potential move to Vicarage Road.

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The 22-year-old certainly enjoyed an impressive 2018/19 campaign with Nice, scoring six goals and providing a further five assists in 34 Ligue 1 appearances.

Crystal Palace supporters have been quick to have their say on the latest twist on social media, and they are clearly far from happy.

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While one fan said "I really hate how Parish deals with transfers", another individual simply asked "what are Palace doing?"

Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction...