Palace Sign Croatia Defender Sosa

Crystal Palace person signed Croatia defender Borna Sosa from Ajax connected a three-year deal.

The 27-year-old plays arsenic a left-sided wing-back and Palace said he is "capable of influencing matches astatine some ends of nan pitch".

He is Palace's 2nd signing aft nan presence of Argentina goalkeeper Walter Benitez connected a free transfer.

The FA Cup winners are awaiting a Uefa determination connected whether they tin play successful adjacent season's Europa League.

Sosa has joined for a reported £3m but 1 root has told nan BBC it is £2m.

Chairman Steve Parish said Sosa would beryllium a "perfect fit" for Palace and added his presence "adds further quality, acquisition and extent to our squad".

Sosa joined Ajax successful September 2023 and made 25 appearances but spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Italian Serie A broadside Torino, playing successful 20 games pinch nan broadside but deciding not to return up their action to bargain him.

He has 26 caps for Croatia, scoring doubly and playing a cardinal domiciled arsenic they vanished 3rd astatine nan 2022 World Cup.

Sosa started his profession astatine his hometown nine Dinamo Zagreb earlier a move to German broadside Stuttgart.

Tom McCoy, BBC Sport journalist:

Sosa will supply information for Tyrick Mitchell astatine left-back.

He will dream to recapture nan shape he showed during 5 seasons astatine Stuttgart, wherever he established himself arsenic 1 of nan champion attacking full-backs successful Germany.

He registered 24 Bundesliga assists during his last 3 years astatine nan club, nan joint-highest fig of immoderate defender during that period, but his profession has stalled since then.

Three weeks aft joining Ajax successful 2023, nan man who signed him, head of shot Sven Mislintat, was sacked. Sosa soon fell retired of favour and started conscionable 10 Eredivisie games earlier spending 2024-25 connected indebtedness astatine Torino, wherever he began only 14 Serie A matches.

Though capped astatine various younker levels by Croatia, he controversially tried to move allegiance to Germany anterior to Euro 2020, only to observe astatine nan past infinitesimal it wasn't permitted nether Fifa rules.

He quickly issued a nationalist apology, admitting he had been "wrong" and "naive", and has since won 26 caps for his autochthonal country, including 5 starts arsenic they reached nan World Cup semi-finals successful 2022.

With Palace competing successful Europe adjacent season, whether it beryllium nan Europa League aliases Conference League, Sosa's acquisition could beryllium a useful action for head Oliver Glasner.