Crystal Palace fans have taken to Twitter to react after a summer transfer target for the club in Ollie Watkins hit two goals for Brentford against QPR on Monday evening.
The 23-year-old was the subject of interest from the Eagles back in the summer, and the south Londoners even submitted an £11m bid for the forward – Palace’s offer came after they were believed to be circling Watkins back in 2018 as well.
Eventually, the 5 foot 11 attacker signed a new four-year contract with the Bees.
Watkins has been in fine form for the Championship side so far this term, scoring 10 goals in 14 starts – he is behind only 11-goal Aleksandar Mitrovic in the scoring ranks.
Some Palace fans on Twitter had already been speaking about Watkins earlier this season after he scored a hat-trick against Barnsley, and they have been drawn back to their keyboards after the same player scored twice in Monday’s west London derby.
Let’s take a look at what the Palace supporters on Twitter had to say…
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