It's just my perception, but I don't think the club have the same love for Wilf now.

I think there is now real recognition that a move is best for both parties.

Old, Ungifted and White

Love Wilf, but just want him gone now, then we can all move on.

This is why I said that last year was the best time to sell, even if it meant accepting 45 mil... though the chairman wanted 80.... we could have invested 30 mil, be a year later, that player or two would have established himself and we move on with Zaha saying goodbye on a high. I was laughed at for this suggestion.

Now, it looks like the club will accept less than the 45 mil they stated was 'no where near, he's worth 80 mil to us' fee... and Zaha's last season a forgetful mess.

We still have to replace the RB position, line up a decent reserve keeper to then replace VG next year - WH is not good enough.

Our manager - he would have retired in any other profression.

The clock is ticking at palace and we are doing ourselves no favours.

This was once a quality forum....

Yep, that’s the only possible scenario I can see where £30m is even close to being acceptable. There are some pretty average players out there like Ake going for massive money so Zaha should not be given away, regardless of what he might want.

Prediction: somebody will offer us 55 million and we'll take it.

I'll be sad to see him go, as I think he'll grow more savvy and even more skilled as the years go by. If Roy steps aside next summer, Wilf might even enjoy more freedom of movement and more creativity in scheme under a new manager.

Now that Ake has formally moved to a big Prem club it will be interesting to see which other of the big clubs will start bidding for players from the smaller Prem clubs and what kind of prices are quoted/agreed.