Have to say, was reading this morning all the paper talk about him turning down UTD to sign for us.

I appreciate UTD are a bit of a mess right now, but it's stuff like this which warms my heart about "how far have Palace come", that a bright young talent would turn down a crack at UTD to sign for us and play for PV.

Onwards and upwards!

I think it also shows a lot about the boy himself. That he is making sensible decisions for the sake of his career.

We want players like that, who are hungry to play and improve. Not ones that area happy to join a toxic club with limited chance of playing.

I know what you mean and in a 'Neil The Hippie' ideal world it would stink, but it's dog eat dog and a pecking order I'm afraid.

People seem to get carried away about players they'd probably never heard of a few weeks ago.

If we sign this guy I don't think we are talking about an Eze/Olise type signing, both of whom had played many more games (Eze, 100+; Olise 60+). Ebiowei has made a total of 15 appearances in the Championship and scored 1 goal (Plange has slightly more impressive figures).

If it's true that he will be offered a five year contract then clearly Dougie and Co. think he is a very good prospect but prospect is the operative word.

Don't get me wrong, I think it would be a good signing and fingers crossed it will turn out to be a great one.

Yep, the guy isn't going to come in as an automatic starter.

We are 'buying' potential here, and even though he's only played 15 games, we would have seen enough to know he can mix it in Mens football.

PV has done well this season slowly integrating Olise and then Eze. So I suspect we'll only see glimpses in the first half of hte season whilst he learns the ropes.

From what I’ve seen of him he looks a Terrific addition... a cross between Olise and Eze.... not a bad combination....

Reminds me* most of Wilf but not much end product.

If that comes, and he is so young that it may, then he would be with a fortune. But that last 1% I always the hardest part.

*youtube bestof

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

That could still be a possibility, but unlike the Plange transfer, we have not had to do any dealing with Derby. As he is going to be out of contract he is free to speak to any clubs without his current club having any say in it. So it makes sense that we sign him and then we can decide where he goes on loan if that's our desire.

Echoing what others have said it is a great indicator that he chose us over Utd and a sign of the belief in project Palace. From what I've seen of him he is not as good as say Olise but he is younger and cheaper. One to develop so don't expect him to be a first team player. Looks fit and physical, lots of running and effort. Does have to look of a raw Zaha in that he has tricks but never looks totally in control of it, yet this could be deceptive.

I think if we loan him it will be to Championship or a Textor Team

Perhaps Div 1 is not considered to be a good place to develop young players who were good enough to play in the championship last season.