Crystal Palace has signed Barcelona’s Morocco international defender Chadi Riad to a long-term contract, the Premier League club announced on Friday.
The 20-year-old joins Palace after spending a season on loan at Real Betis, where he appeared 30 times across all competitions.
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“The club has high-level players who are young and I have come here to follow their same trajectory, to grow as they have grown,” Riad said in a club statement.
Riad was born in Palma de Mallorca to Moroccan parents and progressed through the island club’s development system before relocating to Barcelona and graduating from the La Masia Academy.
He made only one appearance for the Barcelona first team.
He has three senior caps for Morocco, debuting against Sierra Leone in January and scoring his first international goal against Congo this week.
Riad is Palace’s first arrival since the transfer window began on Friday.