Eze is confident ahead new season, and says Nigeria-born youngster is a “crazy talent”
Eze has described Ebiowei as a “crazy talent” and wants to help the 18-year-old settle into life at Crystal Palace.
Nigeria-born Eberechi Eze believes he can save Crystal Palace a fortune in the transfer market by filling the void left by Conor Gallagher.
The England midfielder has returned to Chelsea after a successful loan with the Eagles last season, Eze slotting into his role in Saturday's 4-2 friendly win over Montpellier.
It is a role the 24-year-old feels he is well suited for.
‘Yeah potentially,’ he said. ‘Wherever I am on the pitch, I just want to play so I think it could be that role and if it is I’m happy to do it.
‘For me it’s to get balls into the pockets, to get forward facing and create. That’s my job in the team, to create and score goals.’
Palace boss Patrick Vieira was happy with his team’s performance against the French side.
A brace from Odsonne Edouard, a strike from Wilfried Zaha and a Marc Guehi header was enough to end pre-season on a high.
‘The game was important and gave us a lot of information about details we need to work on,’ Vieira said ahead of their season opener against Arsenal on Friday.
The Frenchman expressed his delight with new signings Sam Johnstone, Malcolm Ebiowei, Cheick Doucoure and Chris Richards, but hinted he was open to bringing in more before the window shuts.
‘We’ve been consistent about what we want to do and how we want to do it,’ he said. ‘We identified parts of the game we felt we needed to improve.
‘As a manager you are never happy, you always want more. We did really well and the market is still open so we will see.’
Eze has described another Nigeria-born star Malcolm Ebiowei as a “crazy talent” and wants to help the 18-year-old settle into life at Crystal Palace.
It was reported that the Eagles beat off competition from Manchester United, Monaco and Tottenham Hotspur to sign the Bermondsey-raised Ebiowei on a five-year deal.
The right-winger made 15 appearances, scored one goal and picked up two assists in his debut campaign in professional football for Derby County last season.
Ebiowei was a part of the Palace squad that travelled to Singapore and Australia for pre-season and made his first start for the club in the 3-1 loss to Manchester United.
“He’s a young boy with crazy, crazy talent,” said Eze of Ebiowei.
“I’m sure he will have his part to play in the season.
“I’m going to do as much as I can to help him because I have been in his position before, so I know what it’s like.
“But I’m sure he will be fine.”
