Moses next for Premier League?

Victor Moses is the next Crystal Palace youngster being lined up by a Premier League club, barely days after the dust has settled on the John Bostock transfer tribunal.

Arsenal are the club interested and sure to test the patience of Palace chairman, Simon Jordan, who could reluctantly have to sell for less than the club's valuation or be deprived of a reasonable price by another tribunal.

It's no secret that Jordan is annoyed by the attitude of the Premier League's rich boys and frustrated at the attitude of football tribunals which have a history of favouring the buying club instead of protecting the investment of the selling club.

Rumours suggest that Palace value Moses at around £3 million, but they would do very well to get half of that from Arsene Wenger who knows he could get his man on the cheap if the clubs can't agree a price.

Moses the next in a line of talented youngsters from the Palace Academy, and the 17-year-old can look to Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey who have moved to the Emirates Stadium to further their respective careers.

Walcott is expected to push for a starting place after two years of being on the fringe of a youthful Arsenal first team, while Ramsey is likely to feature in the Arsenal first team squad in his first season at Arsenal, and if Moses impresses enough could also find himself pushing for a starting place within twelve months.

Jordan has already rejected Wenger's opening bid of around £1m for Moses, but he can expect further bids with all sorts of bells and whistles in the coming weeks. Together with manager Neil Warnock, Jordan needs to discover where the player's loyalties lie. If he wants to move, he'd better to come out and admit it, and a reasonable deal can be struck with Arsenal that will benefit Palace and fairly compensate their investment in Moses during his time at the Academy.

The boy has a great talent and he needs to decide whether he wants to chase his dream of playing in the Premier League, playing in the Arsenal Reserves for a year and earning more than he will at Palace, or if he wants to gain more first-team experience and move a year or so down the line. It won't hurt his career to stay at Selhurst Park, but making a move to the Premier League too early could be disatrous.