If he went to Chelsea wouldn't the Hall loan deal stop that happening?

Depends what it says, and we are not about to find out.
Normally it would be the players call. They can go to the club of their choice who is offering the release agreed figure. If there is more than one club offering the release amount, then obviously the player will choose which one he wants, e.g. the best offer to him. So no bidding war on the transfer fee.
In Olise case, there is talk that the release clause was removed for a higher salary last year. But who knows. And neither Olise or Palace seem to want to go public on it.
My guess is that it was removed.
Palace never share much with the public/fans. It's entirely their call.
And as we all know, Olise never has much to say about anything.!
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Edited by dreamwaverider (08 Aug 2023 11.22pm)

Like any transfer, right up to the deadline.Release clauses are not good for selling clubs for this reason. We could suddenly be left in the lurch at the very last minute of transfer deadline. However, they do get you players in cheap initially. It works better for nimble fast moving clubs in the transfer market, which judging by our history, we are not.

Fingers crossed, firstly Olise injury will worry clubs to strike, but secondly and more importantly Im hoping the rumour that the release clause was removed is factual. it was definitely rumoured this time last year.

If there is no release clause in place, we would be well advised to keep him this coming season, then look to out him next summer for top dollar.

As a club, we tend to hang on to our players too long and let them leave for nothing at the end of their contracts which is obviously bad business. The exception is of course wan Bassaka. But who am i to say? Overall Parish has worked wonders for us as Chairman so far.
The Sky contracts have developed this way of player contracts which gives less wheeler dealer clubs like us a huge cushion to survive the end of contract fall outs we have witnessed that the Bosman/employment contract law created. Zaha, Benteke, Sako, Luka, Macca etc.

You attract the young talent if they see you as a stepping stone to the elite, as you close the gap to the elite (not an instant thing) players will choose to stay.
Currently we haven’t the success or resources to kept the best of who we bring in, if we try to force them to stay it’ll get harder to attract their replacements.

Edited by Bearcage (09 Aug 2023 7.56am)

"So the Michael Olise release clause ... understand that it is actually slightly more than £35m that has been widely quoted and is also complicated by some slightly unusual terms set by player. They include Olise being able to turn down a move even if the clause is triggered"

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What's unusual about that, you can't force a player to leave release clause or not.

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