Shame as he’s given a hell of a lot to the club and visa versa, but you can’t sign a mega 5 year deal and then expect to be sold a year in on the cheap. Recently when the effort goes in it just seems about getting the move. Probably been badly advised and overcooked the contract, now resents it. Hopefully he knuckles down and cements the legacy, as good as he is not sure how well he’d cope with bench time at a top club anyway.

Perhaps he should have got it in writing.

If there is no interest before the window shuts I think he'll have no choice but to really knuckle down and show his stuff.
Another mediocre season means Palace will be the highest level he'll ever play for.
If he wants that move so bad he'll quickly realise the only way is to start showing bigger clubs what they are missing.

Sounds plausible to me. Parish is slippery but business, as lots of footballers call it and themselves, is business. They want it that way, well..... Nothing in writing? Naivety in a short career.

COYP

He has the padding of £120k a week for this massive kick in the bollocks (even if it were true).

I would think that SP knew exactly what he was doing when he gave the contract in view of the player's age and the agent's desire to get his his nose in the trough.

The problem is that an unhappy player earning too much money usually ends badly.

Does seem like it, but I reckon that price must always have been £65/70m. Clubs may have seen them coming.