As mentioned earlier he has signed.....for some reason the club have chosen not to announce it yet.

Edited by BelfastEagle (24 Jun 2018 10.37am)

I "heard" he hasn't signed and there's nothing to "announce". Your move.

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I heard he was offered a new deal about a year ago which he rejected. Since then Palace made a new offer. In view of Wan-Bissaka's success and Townsend's ability to play right back (as well as Kelly and Schlupp) his new offer was considerably less than the one he wouldn't sign. And with no guarantees of being first choice.
At his age he'll be wanting to play. Plus I imagine he'll be looking for a good contract as it might be one of his last.
This I imagine is why Ward has not (and possibly will not) sign.

Well he has done well for us but is rather limited and I would be suprised if any other PL club will want him with view to being a starter.
And 15m, my goodness there are a lot of rightbacks available for far less and even better,AWB is ahead of him anyway and already onboard. So fair play if he thinks he can do better but we will not miss him that much and he should be easily replacable for far less then 15m.

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its the sort of logic footballers follow...if i was wardy i would be thinking why am i earning less than players im better than.

i think he is still more than good enough, when fit towards the end of the season he went back into the team and had now been one of the 1st names on the teamsheet for 5 years, it would cost more to replacemhim than to keep him, i imagine it would cost £15m to replace him.

Are you sure you meant Schlupp as well, he is a left sided player after all and don't recall him ever being touted as a right back.

Hennessey Speroni and Kelly have re-signed.

Ward Sako and Cabaye have been offered new deals but club has not announced outcome. Judging on past form that means nothing as we like to announce news together rather than seperately. So all we can do is wait for club to announce outcomes

Edited by Palace in the Blood (27 Jun 2018 11.35pm)