CRYSTAL Palace have triggered their option to extend Jean-Philippe Mateta’s contract until 2027.
Striker Mateta’s previous contract was set to run until the summer of 2026 and the parties had been in talks over a new deal.
But no agreement was reached and the club have acted to extend his current contract, according to BBC Sport.
Mateta has struck a rich vein of form since Oliver Glasner took over last season. He scored once in Glasner’s first game in charge, a 3-0 win against Burnley at Selhurst Park. Mateta added twelve more goals in the next twelve games, including a hat-trick in the final-day 5-0 win at home to Aston Villa to help the Eagles secure a top-half finish.
He continued that form into the summer with five goals in six games as he captained France to the final of the Olympics football tournament where they lost 5-3 to Spain.
The former Lyon and Mainz forward has scored seven goals and registered two assists in 21 games in all competitions so far this season.
