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View Adamoc123's Profile Adamoc123 Flag Ennis 04 Jul 16 5.10pm Send a Private Message to Adamoc123 Add Adamoc123 as a friend

Originally posted by Ginger Pubic Wig

I believe we are bidding at levels others wouldn't go to so that players don't get to talk to those other clubs. In any straight contest where a player can choose Palace or a decent PL club, where terms for the player are equal, we won't win. We'd basically come off 2nd v everyone except Bournemouth, Watford and be 50/50 v Swansea or WBA. Go well beyond the bidding of your Evertons and WHUs and they don't get to talk to the player. Ultimately that will make future acquisitions cheaper because we'll be seen as a better bet than we were. Short term it costs.

But I'm convinced Bolasie is gonna go, sadly.


Sound Logic, does seem like we're adding to remove all doubt of any steal. Would be great should these signings finally change peoples and players outlook on Palace, at least so that we don't need to pay that lesser club fee.
I also believe Bolasie will be leaving us this Summer, just can't see how we're spending this much without a big outgoing (Gayle for £10m in this context is not big.)

 


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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 04 Jul 16 5.14pm

Originally posted by cpj

Scares me too. And he'll no doubt be on somewhere near the £140k he was on at Liverpool. Noone else think this is crazy? The guy will get as much in one day for kicking a ball as most people get in a year. My £470 season ticket (or whatever it is), which I am struggling to justify, will pay for him for about half an hour. It's now got to the point where the TV money is so much that the clubs could let everyone in for free every week and it would not affect their income that much. At some point the whole thing will implode.


Could not agree more - has gone bloody mad.

 


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View Y Ddraig Goch's Profile Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 04 Jul 16 5.17pm Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

Reports of a £31million fee for Benteke are all coming from the Liverpool end. I have heard it is lower and structured favourably to CPFC

Everyone expects the deal to be done. Palace get Benteke for the best years of his career. Seen as the perfect man to lead the line for CPFC

From Ed Malyon Palace fan and football correspondent with The Mirror

 


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View Adamoc123's Profile Adamoc123 Flag Ennis 04 Jul 16 5.19pm Send a Private Message to Adamoc123 Add Adamoc123 as a friend

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch

Reports of a £31million fee for Benteke are all coming from the Liverpool end. I have heard it is lower and structured favourably to CPFC

Everyone expects the deal to be done. Palace get Benteke for the best years of his career. Seen as the perfect man to lead the line for CPFC

From Ed Malyon Palace fan and football correspondent with The Mirror

Yes £27m Liverpools side seems to believe its £31m without taking any addons in check. will end up lower but if it is the full amount i wont mind as it means we're in europe!

 


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View Petereagle's Profile Petereagle Flag Brockley 04 Jul 16 5.19pm Send a Private Message to Petereagle Add Petereagle as a friend

Originally posted by matthau

shows im tired, sorry.

Parish and Pardew are showing no fear. Palace style of play needs someone to convert the chances provided by two of the very best wideplayers in the country. Benteke has pace, power strength and height. Benteke is the perfect fit. Why not go for broke?

 

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View OknotOK's Profile OknotOK Flag Cockfosters, London 04 Jul 16 5.24pm Send a Private Message to OknotOK Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add OknotOK as a friend

Originally posted by Petereagle

Parish and Pardew are showing no fear. Palace style of play needs someone to convert the chances provided by two of the very best wideplayers in the country. Benteke has pace, power strength and height. Benteke is the perfect fit. Why not go for broke?

Because you can go broke?

Should say I think Benteke would be a brilliant signing and is a massive show of force by the board. He's a great fit for the club and even after a poor spell at Liverpool has a very good goals:games ratio. I'd be very happy if we signed him.

But it is a fcukload of money to pay him and Liverpool to buy him (especially given he has had a poor season)

Edited by OknotOK (04 Jul 2016 5.26pm)

 


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View matthau's Profile matthau Flag South Croydon 04 Jul 16 5.25pm Send a Private Message to matthau Add matthau as a friend

I agree, and also, when you look at his goals scored, hes a natural finisher with either foot. Not many players can use both. Dougie was one for us back in the day.

We still need a CAM though

 

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View ItsCPFCforme's Profile ItsCPFCforme Flag 04 Jul 16 5.36pm Send a Private Message to ItsCPFCforme Add ItsCPFCforme as a friend

It seems a scary amount of money but I think this silly amount of money is what we're going to see as the norm this season with the new TV money etc.

I also think that we really need to sign fewer players of top quality rather than a huge number of bargain basement types (Cabaye was the first to break this mould). We have not had a reliable striker since Murray's phenomenal promotion year season; we NEED to invest in this position. It may well be a false economy to pay for two cheaper strikers say. We sold Gayle for £10million for instance which seems absurdly good business.

Townsend, Mandanda, Tomkins and Benteke for about £50million is a lot, but remember we have sold Gayle (£10million) and let a fair few others go. I don't think we have been too reckless. Plus, as well as Benteke, Tomkins and Mandanda are clearly to fill areas that were in desperate need of improvement. Townsend, on the other hand, gives us much greater strength in depth on the wings (we were far less potent following injuries to our wingers). I think Townsend will likely be a starter, but competition is very welcome.

 

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View Tyrelli's Profile Tyrelli Flag London 04 Jul 16 5.37pm Send a Private Message to Tyrelli Add Tyrelli as a friend

This is Championship Manager Stuff !!!

crazy lol

But brilliant, if this goes through we have a Premier Striker at 25 in his prime !

If Liverpool dont go for this New offer then frankly there stupid.

 

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View pssguy's Profile pssguy Flag 04 Jul 16 5.45pm Send a Private Message to pssguy Add pssguy as a friend

There is some logic to buying early and being seen as a player to attract other big names but Benteke is not a sure thing

Townsend won't be supplying him many crosses- he's more a cut-in and shoot guy. When the best crosser of the ball in open play is probably Souare we are going to be relying a lot on Benteke goals from set pieces

I know Wilmots vies with Hodgson as crap manager of the Euros but when Belgium were chasing the game Benteke did not get a sniff with "one League goal last year" Fellaini preferred

 

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View Ginger Pubic Wig's Profile Ginger Pubic Wig Flag Wickham de L'Ouest 04 Jul 16 5.47pm Send a Private Message to Ginger Pubic Wig Add Ginger Pubic Wig as a friend

Originally posted by matthau

I agree, and also, when you look at his goals scored, hes a natural finisher with either foot. Not many players can use both. Dougie was one for us back in the day.

We still need a CAM though

Would we still if Williams got in the team and played out of his skin v Portugal and then France/Germany? He has a life changing opportunity if he can make the team v Portugal and would come back a different human being if he nailed it for two games.

 


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View ItsCPFCforme's Profile ItsCPFCforme Flag 04 Jul 16 5.49pm Send a Private Message to ItsCPFCforme Add ItsCPFCforme as a friend

Originally posted by Ginger Pubic Wig

Would we still if Williams got in the team and played out of his skin v Portugal and then France/Germany? He has a life changing opportunity if he can make the team v Portugal and would come back a different human being if he nailed it for two games.

Jonny has had a good tournament. As has Ledley and Hennessey (!). Looking good for the new season.

 

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