AC Milan striker Giampaolo Pazzini has been offered to Crystal Palace.

The London Evening Standard says Pazzini is surplus to requirements at AC Milan and the club have given intermediaries the go-ahead to find a new club for him - preferably in the Premier League, so they would not have to face Pazzini in the second half of the Serie A season.

Pazzini is attracted by the idea of a new challenge but it remains to be seen whether Palace boss Neil Warnock would take a chance on a forward who has rarely played this season.