Not sure how Austin has achieved this mantle of 'proven Premier League striker,' his professional career has taken him to the heights of Swindon Burnley and QPR none of which are currently setting the top division alight.

How times have changed in recent years and how it feels weird with the shoe being on the other foot.

for years & years weve watched from afar seeing mid-table PL clubs throw their magic beans at expensive players from inferior league in the hope they will turn out to be a star in the faster, more physical, more demanding PL. There are countless examples of strikers coming in from afar for somewhere in the region of £10+ only to be a dissapointment.

Now its palace looking at spending this type of money on this type of player it makes me feel unesasy. You can point out his internation record of a goal every other gaem, well take a look at who those goals were scored against.

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99% of them against bumphuk nowhere teams.

Yes he has scored goals in portugal but again, against who?

you could point out we have already started spending big money on players like wickham/cabaye/dann(wages). but we already knew what those players can do, they were tried & tested in this league and to a certain extent were "no brainers" when it came to the deals we offered.

I admit ive only seen slimani play a few games, and he looks ok, but £15 ok? nah not really.

There must be a striker in england/spain/italy/germany who would cost similar to slimani but already have big league experience.

The thought of us taking a punt at that price, on that player makes me feel quite uneasy. I would rather we signed andy carroll from WHU.