Crystal Palace confirm signing Luka Milivojevic for a fee believed to be ‘around £12million’ from Olympiakos
The 25-year-old had midfielder has signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the Premier League club
CRYSTAL PALACE have completed the signing of Serbian international midfielder Luka Milivojevic from Greek side Olympiakos for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around £12million.
Relegation-threatened Palace said the 25-year-old had signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the Premier League club.
Eagles boss Sam Allardyce told the club’s website: “I am delighted to bring Luka to the club. He has experience in UEFA Champions League and International football and will add a new dimension to our midfield.
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“He is a talented two footed player with intelligent passing ability as well as being very strong defensively, in and out of possession.”
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Milivojevic, who has 19 caps under his belt, has had spells at Red Star Belgrade and Anderlecht before signing for the Greek champions.
He becomes the third signing for Allardyce this window following the arrivals of Patrick van Aanholt and Jeffrey Schlupp.
And he will be joining a happy camp – Palace triumphed 2-0 away at Bournemouth tonight for a vital three points in their battle against relegation.
Unfortunately for the Eagles however, the victory didn’t bring them out of the danger zone as Swansea also won, defeating Southampton 2-1.