Isn't it just lovely that teams such as ours are seen as a development route for a player rather than a home? Jeez he is only a kid and plenty of them have failed to produce the goods at this level over the years.

"Yeh, I'll sign", he says resignedly, "I'll hang around for a couple of years and then feck off"

Best left alone I reckon. I am with taylors lovechild, I reckon we need a CF who can bully defences and attract both centre halfs to him, Mitrovic certainly fits the bill there.

I wonder if the board believe that Wilf will remain with us and is happy to play in a front two role. If he does stay and play up front with (currently) Ayew or (probably soon) Batshuayi, where would Brewster fit in? Although we have Bats on loan, it appears we have an option to buy at a fixed price, so presumably we will want to play him as one of our main strikers.

What we need is a young striker who's prepared to be back-up for this year and I don't see Brewster in that role (nor for that matter Edouard, whose name has surfaced again in rumours linking him to us).

Brewster's advisors are probably right if they are indeed suggesting Sheff U as the better option. Sheff U are in danger of doing a Palace of 3 years ago (3 games played no points and no goals so far and it's not as if they've played any top clubs), so need a striker.

I suspect we'll be left with Wickham, so in theory we would have another striker option.

Finally, I think Liverpool want to retain some hold over Brewster for the future but need to get some funds in having bought Thiago and Jota.

Edited by doombear (30 Sep 2020 10.50am)

I think most people would agree that Sheffield United are currently either punching above their weight or at best at the pinnacle of where they can reach whereas Palace, with the players we have are underperforming. Our potential is certainly greater than that of Sheffield United.

Disagree. They are a well supported similar sized club to us with potential to improve. I agree that the players they have exceeded expectations in the first season in the Prem - but that is very much linked to having an excellent manager who was able to get the maximum out of them all. A few good additions to that squad could see them do okay again this season Brewster would be a start.

The buy back deal is not suited to us - so good luck to Sheffield , except when they play us!

Exactly. Buying for £17-20M and getting two good seasons out of a player before selling him back for £40M and making a £20M profit sounds like a good deal to me. The £20M would then contribute to purchasing a decent replacement. However, I suspect our hesitation is more to do with Brewster having to compete with Bats and that might present some difficult issues re game time etc. In any event I'd like to see us pursuing him or a decent alternative as we need extra cover up front.

We are more than likely not even bidding for Brewster. 20 million for a player who could turn out to be the next Dominic Solanke.