There is some bizarre idea proposed by some HOL posters that we ‘can’t afford to replace Wilf’ and therefore the 4 year deal at £200k per week is good value?!

I think this is very short sighted.

We signed Eze for a reported £16M on a contract reportedly worth circa £30,000 a week.
We signed Olise for a reported £8M on a contract reportedly worth circa £47,000 a week. - Various internet sources for both.

These players are now worth ITRO £40M plus!

Wilf is still a good player but his impact and effectiveness is on the decline and will continue to be so. Replacement players can be picked up for reasonable fees and on sensible wages. They can also then be worth a heck of a lot more than we paid for them (Guehi and Andersen being two other examples)

Forget about Wilf and the ridiculous contract being suggested…source his replacement and push onwards and upwards! COYP!

Edited by Phil’s Barber (07 Jul 2023 8.28am)

I wonder how serious is the Lazio offer? Why hasn't he signed?

Or my guess is it is one of those if you don't get our No 1 target we're interested offers.

If I'm correct then Zaha might not sign for anyone until Sept.

One more point

The main thing we must do is withdraw all contracts for him, if he cant find what he wants and comes back to us, we hold all the cards

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4 year deal for a 30 year old doesn't seem as far fetched as Xhaka has left the Arse on a 5 year deal and they managed to get £21.4 million as well !?! Admittedly that will only buy them around a quarter of Rice. A whole bowl costs a bit more. Suspect Palace's budget runs to a few grains at the moment. Still don't think a 4 year deal for Wilf is a good idea based on age and possible injuries. 2 year deal tops.

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If he's not training with us he's gone. Is he training - I know we have loads of fake in the knows but there are some who see the training ground?

Red and Blue Army!

Floating the idea of Wilf being offered 200k pw is good for Wilf in terms of negotiating with other clubs. It's very possible his agent is trying to convince other clubs that's what they'll need to offer. For all we know the club stuck to their position of only offering a one-year deal to those over 30 (although this is probably unlikely). We'll probably never get the complete story, but the longer it drags on the more people will start throwing mud at Wilf based purely on speculation.