One site is already saying how good the Man Utd defender is at locking down wingers. He will be the most lauded defender in the land before the season even starts and don’t be surprised if Southgate all of a sudden decides he is good enough to be in the full England team.

Look, I don’t care that that we are selling him provided the price is right however the current reported price is too low as far as I am concerned. He will be worth £80m by the end of next season.

Ok, so let's say Palace value Zaha at £80m. And the sell on would then be in the region of £16m due to Utd.

To remove that clause and then demand £45m up front would value AWB at over £60m. It would seem that valuation was higher than Utd. would pay.

Yes, I think we did need to generate funds in order to strengthen the squad. There isn't a lot of financial wiggle room at present.

The key now is to get the right players in with the funds available. I've said all along that is a concern as I don't think there is widespread confidence in DF and Co. But we now have to wait and see what they come up with.

As for Brooks and Maddison, I am sure most clubs in the Premier League including Palace had them somewhere on their radar, but Bournemouth took the plunge and I think he's surpassed expectations at how quickly he's had an impact. Maddison...we were never going to be able to afford £20m odd at that time.

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You clearly don't understand the difference between instalments and add ons.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (26 Jun 2019 2.46pm)

I do, which is why I understand it’s 45 million spread over 2 years and 5m in add ons. But no, you’re right, let’s burn the place down!

Personally I think DF is getting a bad rap.

He's been given very limited funds to work with the past few transfer windows, and I think he's done quite well. Yes, there's been some stinkers (Jach (2.75 mil), probably Soeloth (I think 9 mil), but they haven't broken the bank. And I think we could sell them and recoup most of those fees.

There's also been some good ones too. Meyer seems like he has a lot of potential, and was free. Kouyate (10 mil) is a solid midfielder that can fill in for McArthur or Luka. Guaita was a steal (also free).

The only transfer that cost more than 10 mil during his tenure was Sakho (26 mil), which I'm not sure he was even responsible for, and is also a great player.

I have just read AWB (and its still alot of money to most people) is on £10k a week, the lowest of all Palace 1st team players, why the FUDGE did someone not see last season, his own potential and pay him (get a new contract) similar to LUKA (even as the season ended, sat him down and said we want you to sign a new contract so he would want to stay with deserved package!!
No wonder £80K a week and more to come is sounding good at Manure, and wanted to leave, show them players there worth!!
I consider this as another management failure (from the outside) of Palace management.
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