France goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has become Crystal Palace's second signing of the day, following England winger's £13million move from Newcastle United.
Mandanda leaves French side Marseille after 443 appearances in nine seasons at Stade Veledrome after signing a three-year deal at Selhurst Park.
The 31-year-old, won one league title and three French League Cups during his time at Marseille, is set to become the seventh goalkeeper from France to play in the Premier League, including his country's No 1, Tottenham Hotspur's Hugo Lloris.
French goalkeepers in Premier League
| Goalkeeper | PL Club | Matches | Clean sheet |
| Hugo Lloris | Spurs | 136 | 44 |
| Fabien Barthez | Man Utd | 92 | 30 |
| Lionel Perez | Sunderland | 29 | 7 |
| Pegguy Arphexad | Leicester, Liverpool | 23 | 5 |
| Bernard Lama | West Ham | 12 | 3 |
| Patrice Luzi | Liverpool | 1 | 0 |
Mandanda is preparing for France's UEFA Euro 2016 quarter-final tie against Iceland this weekend and will hope to make his Premier League debut when Palace host West Bromwich Albion on Saturday 13 August.
Townsend 'delighted'
England international Townsend joins Palace for £13million after scoring for goals in 13 appearances during his six months at Newcastle United, the club he left Tottenham Hotspur for in January 2016.
The 24-year-old has agreed a five-year contract at Selhurst Park, with forward Dwight Gayle going in the opposite direction in a £10m move to Newcastle.
"I'm delighted," Townsend told cpfc.co.uk. "I had chats with the manager [Alan Pardew] and chairman [Steve Parish] and I'm pleased to a part of Crystal Palace's future. By the sounds of things it's going to be a bright one and I can't wait to get started."
The 2016/17 campaign will be the fifth in the Premier League for Townsend, who came through Spurs' academy and scored two goals in 12 top-flight outings while on loan at Queens Park Rangers in 2012/13.
He was unable to prevent QPR from suffering relegation but returned to the Spurs first team and made 42 league appearances in the next two campaigns, propelling himself into the England squad, before moving to Newcastle.
For more on Mandanda and Townsend's moves to Crystal Palace, visit cpfc.co.uk.
