Odsonne Edouard ends Celtic transfer return talk as Crystal Palace cut losses on striker for cut-price fee
Odsonne Edouard will kickstart his career in La Liga after jumping at the chance to end his Crystal Palace nightmare.
The ex- Celtic hero was farmed out on loan to Leicester City last season but endured a miserable year and played a single minute under Ruud van Nistelrooij.
Frozen-out Edouard hasn't kicked ball since coming off the bench as an 88th-minute sub in November's 3-0 defeat at Manchester United.
He returned to Selhurst Park in the summer, aiming to salvage his career with the FA Cup winners.
But after being told he wouldn't figure as part of Oliver Glasner's plans, Edouard is on the verge of completing a move to Girona.
Edouard moves to Spain as part of a swap deal that will see Arnau Martínez head in the opposite direction for a fee of £8.7million, according to Foot Mercato.
It also sees Crystal Palace cut their losses on Edouard after splashing out £14million to land the frontman from Parkhead in summer 2021.
Girona are understood to have agreed a cut-price deal worth £5.2m, with Edouard in the final year of his contract at the Eagles.
Former PSG kid Edouard scored 21 goals in just over a century of appearances for Palace.
Now the 27-year-old - who was linked with a shock return to Celtic earlier this summer - could partner ex-Aberdeen star Bojan Miovski at Girona.
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