Eagles have scouted Stevenage midfielder twice in the last week

Crystal Palace are keen on Michael Bostwick and have had the Stevenage midfielder watched twice in the past week.

The Eagles are thought to have watched Bostwick in action for Boro against MK Dons last Tuesday, while assistant manager Lennie Lawrence was said to have watched the box-to-box midfielder in action in Boro’s 1-0 win over Notts County in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Bostwick has played more than 180 games for Stevenage since he joined the club from Ebbsfleet in 2008.

Boro have said recently that no core first team players will leave the club in January unless they receive an offer ‘which really blows everyone away’.