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I agree, we’re in a decent position if he goes with the inevitable addition of a couple of quality players to replace him.

Will be a sad day but £75m is a lot of money for a club like us and likely to be too much to turn down.

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i just cant see chelsea breaking their transfer record by £20m for wilf, especially as roman is trying not to spend loads of money at the mo.

parish played a blinder in getting that 5 year deal signed as he obviously saw this situation on the horizon & that when it came he wanted to completely be in charge of the situation.

if wilf continues to develop at the rate he did last season we will be looking at £100m+ figures being thrown about.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

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IMO Wilf will be sold come Thursday and if it's to Chelsea my guess is that it will involve either Drinkwater or RLC coming the other way possibly loan or purchase. I obviously don't want to lose Wilf but to me everything points to it and the biggest one being that we are spending one hell of a load of money at the moment and with potentially even more being outplayed before Thursday. By not making it public about him earmarked to go, we don't see any purchase prices being inflated. Hope I am wrong!
If ever a player is worth £70M, he is and if he goes the best of luck to him, he has been a tremendous servant and dug us out of a few very deep holes.

Bring back Brolin

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Really hope this does not happen. Would be a major dent in what seems to be a really good pre season! For me we look in the best shape for a new season that we have ever looked.

The whole squad has a really good feel about it and to loose Wilf right on the eve of our opening game at Fulham would indeed be typical Palace!

Yes the fee would no doubt be tempting for the club but let’s hope all concerned take a look at the bigger picture. I feel very optimistic about the up and coming season let’s not hope it’s all undone two days before our opening fixture.

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Time will tell but I think it is unlikely Wilf will be sold unless we get an offer we can't refuse ie 70 million of Chelsea reserve players we want RLC plus at least 2 others.They also must fit into our wage structure (Effectively the wages combined must be only about 30k pw on top of Wilfs so no Drinkwater ) I can't see us agreeing to loans unless they have a firm right to buy. Cash is little good as we will not have time to spend it.

I can see one of strikers going (probably Solorth) possibly on loan so we can bring in someone like Ayew.

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If we got £75 mill + ... then he can go with my blessing ... obviously don’t want him to go as I feel the squad right now is in a great place, and if he goes late then there would be a “panic buy” to offset the fans and to replace him (as far as I’m concerned he isn’t replaceable)
My only hope would be IF he does go, then it’s with open eyes, for me he is a big fish in a small pond player, he is NOT going to be first choice at Chelsea (or indeed spurs) ... I hope it’s simply not about the money (it probaly is and who can blame him we would all do the same) but he will be bench warming in a Chelsea squad.