Patrick Vieira to find out Crystal Palace transfer budget as US owners Textor, Harris and Blitzer hold London meeting

CRYSTAL PALACE chiefs are to have an American summit to sort out Patrick Vieira’s signing plans.

Palace supremos John Textor, Josh Harris and David Blitzer are due to meet up with the London-based chiefs to discuss the budget.

Vieira wants two or three players to strengthen a thin squad but does not know what there is available to spend.

Textor is struggling to close a deal for Lyon and has money to throw at Palace, while Harris, who was interested in Chelsea, needs to state his commitment to Palace.

It could turn into a key summit.

Chairman Steve Parish is caught in the middle and he is also keen to see cash spent.

Palace brought in four new faces in the summer to further the progress on Crystal Palace's rebuild project.

Cheick Doucoure from Lens and Chris Richards from Bayern Munich saw The Eagles splash £30million.

Meanwhile, some savvy business further down the football league saw them recruit goalkeeper Sam Johnstone and winger Malcolm Ebiowei for free.

SunSport exclusively revealed the latter even rejected a transfer to Manchester United in favour of moving to Palace in the summer.

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The South London outfit currently comfortably in mid table having won five, lost five and drawn four.

In his first season at the club Vieira guided the team to an impressive 12th place Premier League finish - the club's best position since 2018/19.