FRANK DE BOER is turning to his homeland with a bid to wrestle striker Luuk de Jong from PSV Eindhoven.

According to the Daily Mail the new Crystal Palace manager is looking to strengthen his squad, especially up front, and thinks De Jong fits the bill.

4 Luuk de Jong could be heading to Selhurst Park Credit: Rex Features

4 The PSV Eindhoven striker was left out of a friendly in Germany on Sunday Credit: Rex Features

Palace have been have pretty quiet in the transfer window this summer, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jairo Riedewald the only players brought in.

Against that Fraizer Campbell has been released, Loic Remy has returned to Chelsea and Connor Wickham is still recovering from a major injury.

So De Boer badly needs reinforcements up front to take the weight of Christian Benteke.

De Jong was missing from the PSV squad that travelled to Germany for Sunday's friendly with Augsburg.

That added strength to speculation that he is bound for south-east London.

He hit 32 goals in all competitions in 2015-16 but struggled last season with only nine goals.

And Newcastle supporters will recall De Jong for his goalless loan spell in 2014.

But since then the centre forward has hit 67 goals in total in the last three seasons for PSV, firing them to two Eredivisie titles.

4 De Jong failed in his previous Premier League spell with Newcastle Credit: Getty Images - Getty

4 Frank de Boer knows De Jong well from the Dutch league Credit: Getty Images - Getty

De Boer was the Ajax manager while De Jong was weaving his magic for PSV and obviously remains a keen fan.

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He'll believe he can get the former FC Twente and Borussia Monchengladbach player back to top form with a move to the Premier League