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The bottom line for me is that despite his talents and adoration from we fans, Wilf is as thick as two short planks.
If he had any sense he would stay at Palace where he can cope with the stress level and expectation and earn a huge pay rise just by staying put.

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If we were to get Batshuayi and say, 30m for Wilf and bought Watkins from Brentford for say 12m, still having Townsend, Ayew and Schlupp, would we be better off or worse? opinions

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This is my take on it. His agent would/should have advised him better on that extended deal and that seems to have ultimately been the stumbling block on a summer deal.

Not sure what a new agent would do instead, but I guess every window that passes reduces the amount we will want/be able to demand.

But like many others on here - I hope not Everton and can only see that money is the driver, as it can't be the oft-quoted Champions League football.

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We know from Hodgson that Wilf has ‘a beef’ with Parish.
We know, from Hodgson in a Radio 5 interview , that his motivation to join Everton was about ‘money.’
They were reputedly willing to pay him another £70k per week.
We know that Parish and Wilf’s agent have a business relationship and seem to operate quite closely.
It must be possible that Zaha believes the failure to get his move is partly attributable to his agent.
He’s on a long contract with no apparent release clause but instead a vague gentleman’s agreement that he can go to the ‘right club for the right money’ whatever that means.
There now seems to be a lack of trust and if he appoints a new agent it seems his mandate will be to move Zaha on.
In the meantime we’re left with a disillusioned player ( yes even on his fabulous wages).
As other posters have mentioned his best course of action would be to play out of his skin to attract a top club.
However, the signs so far this season have not been promising.

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We should have bitten their hands off. 55 mill plus Tosun and McCarthy. Not hindsight, I said it at the time. Think Tosun would do well here. Two goals for Turkey in midweek.

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He's also getting too old for a big move. Top clubs either want proven top level talent or young players they can shape. A lot of coaches will look at him, at 27, and think 'he's got too many bad habits that are too ingrained and I haven't got the time to coach that out of him now'.