Football365.com say that Crystal Palace have placed a formal offer for Dean Ashton in the reigon of £2,000,000 on the table, along with the same bid for Sunderland's Kevin Kyle.
Football365's 'exclusive' claims; "The England Under-21 international looks set to be the next name off the Crewe production line, with the Railwaymen unlikely to turn down £2m for the 20-year-old."
There are no official quotes to go with their story and there are no further reports from unofficial nor official sources.
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