No, it hasn't gone through yet. And no, apparently. despite reports to the contrary, United haven't matched our price - yet. When the deal is finally done it will be on terms acceptable to Parish and I think he's playing hardball with this and rightly so.

You still haven't answered the question about the American investors being an '' act of desperation ''. That's ok though, because there is no substance to it like the majority of what you write.

Yes. I thought I'd just debunk all the rubbish you have posted one bit at a time first.

If the Americans leave without contributing then letting them buy into the club can only look like a mistake and perhaps a desperate measure from the board who were looking for someone to fund the new stand.

If the 100 million materialises then great.

Who has the greater need, us because we need the money to balance the books or United to get the best right back in the Premiership?

Let’s start with United, they are desperate to get a quality right back as they have not got one. Stumbling block is the fee, they are playing the “ unsettle player and get him on the cheap trick”

Now to us, where do I start? Do we need the money and there are lots on here who think they are accountants.

I concur with these sentiments.
I recall the days when some were advocating that Ward should be included in the England squad but I totally disagreed.

Yes. I thought I'd just debunk all the rubbish you have posted one bit at a time first.

If the Americans leave without contributing then letting them buy into the club can only look like a mistake and perhaps a desperate measure from the board who were looking for someone to fund the new stand.

If the 100 million materialises then great.

There actually are a few people on here who are accountants and quite a few more who are able to read and understand Balance Sheets to an extent that they are able to make a reasonable judgement

At some point the whole football bubble bursts.

AWB is undoubtedly a talent, but is unproven and as it stands a one season wonder. £50million is crazy money for someone who is unproven.

Palace are a selling club, less so than in previous years but a selling club none the less. Simon Jordan for all his faults saw this with the academy and geared us up with a youth structure. It’s no different to the 80’s/90’s/00’s where the best players were ones brought through or signed cheap and then allowed to move on for the right profit to benefit the team. The fact it was reinvested poorly isn’t always down to the chairman. But AWB will join a line - Sansom, Wright, Jansen, Johnson, Moses, Zaha, Bolasie, etc. All sold for one reason or another.

Since our time in the Premier we’ve sold one player you would call a vital cog or star - Bolasie. And look what happened there.

Parish is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. He backs a manager and they can get it wrong, he doesn’t and he’s being tight.

Also on the accounts - the ones filed deal with things that happened 9-21 months before, so they can only give indications as to the current state. The accountant in me says take the £50 million. The supporter in me says take the £50 million as his head has been turned and reinvest it wisely.

Palace do not suit “marquis’ signings: name the last “big” one that worked out. We are basically Wood
Green Animal Shelter. A home for scruffs and mongrels with the occasional mutt that turns out to be a pedigree. Tompkins, MacArthur, Milo, Townsend etc. Total cost less than one AWB with change.

Yes AWB is a wonderful player, but I don’t think a right back is our primary need at the moment.

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We have had a lot of scruffs and mongrels then. We have been saying that the football bubble will burst for 20 years now, are you going to say “ I told you so” in 20 years time?

Poor management from the people in charge at the time,but we are still standing and that we should be thankful for that.