The proposed deal would see the 23-year-old return to Charlton after spending the 2022-23 campaign on loan there. Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesAug. 25, 2026 12:00 pm EDT Updated Crystal Palace forward Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is close to joining Charlton Athletic.A deal worth in excess of £4million for the 23-year-old to return to the Valley is expected to be completed.Rak-Sakyi spent the 2022-23 season on loan at Charlton during their League One campaign, winning their player of the year award after scoring 15 times in 49 appearances across all competitions.He was then kept at Palace the following season playing just eight times, being denied the opportunity for a temporary move away, before playing 36 times for Sheffield United in the Championship in 2024-25, scoring seven times.Last summer The Athletic reported that Scottish side Rangers had made an offer to loan Rak-Sakyi with a potential obligation buy worth up to £10m rejected by Palace, who sought a fee closer to the £20m Ipswich Town paid Chelsea for Omari Hutchinson.He eventually was loaned to Caykur Rizespor in Turkey last season where he played 13 times and scored four goals before moving to Stoke City in January and playing a further 16 games.Rak-Sakyi, who has been capped by England at Under-20 and Under-21 level, has failed to make an impression sufficient to force his way into the Palace squad and he was not in Palace’s plans this season with a year remaining on a five-year contract he signed in 2022.They are looking to sell their younger players who have limited prospects of game time, partly to help them as they battle to comply with UEFA’s Squad Cost Ratio as a result of competing in the Europa League this season.Right wing-back Danny Imray was sold to Wrexham earlier this summer for a fee which could rise above £5m. The 19-year-old centre-back Mofe Jemide has joined Portuguese side Alverca, while Palace’s second youngest Premier League player David Ozoh, now 21, has interest in a permanent move.Forward Romain Esse had been nearing a move to Club Brugge but that deal has not been completed. Midfielder Justin Devenny, who has played 60 times for Palace, is another who would be allowed to leave if there is sufficient interest.