Butland joins Crystal Palace from Stoke - "We believe he has qualities to resurrect career"

English national team goalkeeper Jack Butland has left Stoke City and joined Crystal Palace. Both clubs announced the deal on Friday's domestic deadline day. According to Sky Sports, the deal is worth an initial €1.1 million but has several performance based add-ons.

"I’m very happy that the club has managed to acquire the signature of Jack to join us and compete for a place amongst our goalkeepers at the club," Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said. "Jack is a player that I worked with for four years at England. ... I am aware that his last spell at Stoke hasn’t been the happiest one for him but I sincerely believe that with his qualities, coming to a new club will enable him to resurrect his career and show once again what a good goalkeeper he is."

Butland leaves Stoke after losing his number one position, the goalkeeper is yet to feature this season. Since 2014, Butland has plahyed 168 games for The Potters and featured nine times for the English national team—his last call up was for the UEFA Nations League finals in the summer of 2019.

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