New Crystal Palace signing Luke Plange feels he is ready to “progress” when he joins the club in the summer after returning to Derby County on loan.
Palace signed Luke Plange late on deadline day from Championship outfit Derby. He has been loaned back to the second-tier club for the remainder of the season.
The teenager only made his debut in December and scored on his first start. His aim is now to help Derby see out the season before advancing his own career.
“I’m very excited to be joining a big Premier League club,” Plange told Palace TV. “I’m ready to crack on.
“Obviously I’ll be with Derby fighting for them in the Championship. But I will be ready to go back to Crystal Palace in the summer and get ready to go.
“When I heard I was very excited about the news. I know Palace are a big club, a big Premier League club. I knew that it was a very good chance for me to take and to progress in my career.”
Explaining his style to those who may not be aware, Plange namechecked two legendary strikers – as well as his current boss at Derby – as his inspirations.
“I like to do it all,” he said. “I like to run in-behind, I like to come to feet, I like to take on players. To shoot from outside the box, poach inside the box, on my left and my right.
“Ronaldo or Thierry Henry [were my idols]. They were just world class. I’ve been watching them for a long time: clips or old games. They were really powerful, skilful and scored loads of goals as well.
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“[Wayne Rooney] was a world class striker for many years – for decades. The amount of goals he scored, you really can’t knock him because he was doing it for years and years and years.
“I’m taking tips and he’s helping me grow as a striker, and all the things he’s telling me I’m just trying to implement into my game and improve as a striker as well.”
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