Crystal Palace and Everton are in advanced negotiations over a swap deal that would send Brennan Johnson to Goodison Park and Dwight McNeil to Selhurst Park, with medical tests for the proposed move expected around August 11, 2026. The talks come barely seven months after Palace made Johnson their record signing in a roughly £35 million move from Tottenham Hotspur on January 2, 2026. The winger made his debut two days later in a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United but went on to score no Premier League goals in 18 appearances, adding just one assist. Palace had previously tried to sign McNeil for £20 million in the January 2026 window before that deal collapsed, and the current discussions suggest the club still sees the Everton winger as a better fit. For Everton, the deal would amount to a gamble on a player still in his mid-twenties who has 47 caps for Wales and had previously commanded a £47.5 million fee when Tottenham bought him from Nottingham Forest in 2023. McNeil, meanwhile, would arrive with established Premier League experience at Burnley and Everton and a reputation as more of a creator than a prolific scorer.