To break up the Olise-Mateta-Eze combination would be a seripus mistake imo, I have heard all the commentators all saying if we retain our top players we could mount a challenge.

Our expectations must be less.

Do we ever want to succeed in the PL, or not?

We don't have any meaningful control over whether or not Olise goes. If:
1. the release clause is met and
2. Olise wants to go to the club which triggered it and
3. they meet Palace's payment terms
then Olise goes - Full stop.

It has nothing to do with the club's ambition. Had we not agreed to release clauses in his contracts, Olise would never have come to Palace.

He's a canny lad, who has immense self-confidence when it comes to his footballing ability and he believed from an early stage of his career (at Reading and possibly earlier) that he was capable of going to the top of the game. We were only ever going to be a stepping stone to a bigger club and at least Bayern Munich fits that moniker and we've had teh joy of watching him play some wonderful football, albeit not as much as we would have liked.

Imagine wanting to play under Vincent Kompany instead of Oliver Glasner next season.

Fair enough, I guess. I'm sure he'll do great, but he'll never command the same loyalty and respect as Zaha in my eyes.

…..and learn another language!

Really good low expectation.

Just the kind of attitude that will keep us in the bottom half of the Premier League until we eventually get relegated.

Bit of a head scratcher alright . At the end ot the day it all boils down to one thing and thats Money . Money for Palace and money for Olise . Would be great to have him for another season but not meant to be, lets just hope the floodgates wont open now and a mas exit follows .

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SSN Germany saying agreement has been reached

I wish the lad well and would rather see him go to Bayern than another Premiership club. He's a tremendous talent.

It's a great bit of business for us and I'm sure a replacement will be found.
To be honest this is a little bit of a gamble for Bayern. For all the talent that Olise clearly has he's also very injury prone. He's had a couple of big injuries already at a young age and never seems to play more than 6 or 7 games without picking up some sort of knock.

I hope he goes on to great things.

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

Sorry but I don't think it's that simple.

I think Palace is a good place to be around and I think Olise may have thought that another year in a familiar area with a happy dressing room would benefit him.

Signing the contract got what he achieved. He can now demand game time to prove himself at Bayern after his excellent contributions last season. Not sure he was as highly regarded when Chelsea last came knocking.

"It's all about the money" is simplistic. Zaha went to Galatasaray when he could have stayed with us or gone to Saudi or the UAE on a better salary. Mentally he thought that the lure of Champions League football and silverware was more attractive. I think he regrets this now.

Lots of players are like this but many professionals hate not playing. Not everyone's a Winston Bogarde.

I ain't got nuthin' funny to say. Sorry.

Surprised but there must be add on's we don't know , also is our man in change happy to lose him , its a big move so don't pick on him and we don't know the injury's he has had , good luck to him , it could be a great deal or a big mistake , will wait on that .

Maybe this is the only major loss , drums are already beating all others are bigger money moves , which will stop clubs COYP