QPR youngster Eze could be the next Zaha if he made January move to Selhurst Park

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Crystal Palace are eyeing up a January swoop for Queens Park Rangers winger Eberechi Eze in this month’s January transfer window, according to the Daily Star.

The Eagles have struggled for goals this season and after reportedly turning down a deal for young English striker Dominic Solanke, Roy Hodgson has now turned to another young English talent for creativity.

Eze has been hugely impressive since breaking into the QPR first team, operating in wide areas and behind the frontman.

That means he is not the out and out forward Palace need to solve their goalscoring woes, but he could ease the burden on Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend to provide creativity, as well as filling in out wide when either man plays as a makeshift striker.

Eze closely resembles Zaha in his fearless nature of taking on defenders and although he is perhaps a bit more of a playmaker than a pure winger, the Ivory Coast international would be the perfect mentor for the 20-year-old.

Zaha has come along leaps and bounds since his return to his boyhood club and Eze has all of the raw materials to be similarly successful and Hodgson’s rapid counter attacking game would play to his strengths.

Eze may not be the prolific forward Palace want in this month’s transfer window, but he would offer their attack a renewed threat.