Yes and that's what Ambose got so wrong and many of his followers believed because they wrongly thought he was ITK!!

We didn’t insert the release clause, Olise agent did, if we didn’t accept, he wouldn’t have signed for us.

I don’t understand, why you think it’s Palaces fault there is release clause. Which I understand Palace got him to sign a new contract with changes.

Yes and that's what Ambose got so wrong and many of his followers believed because they wrongly thought he was ITK!!

I am also of this opinion.

I was never going to say anything against Olise whilst he was very much here but what I think was optimistically viewed as a brooding mystique about him was just an arrogance and discontent. Serious Anelka, 'Le Sulk' vibes. And don't get me wrong, I bought into the 'he's a character' narrative too.

I have this thought of a young man who has been told he's the most talented and beautiful in the world too often, and too many times, by his own mother. That's fine so long as he's performing for our team but at a club like ours such a player is only ever going to feel that they're doing us a favour just by being here. I imagine there's feeling in his camp that a move to Chelsea was an inevitability hence we were only ever a somewhat laborious stepping stone.

I am petty enough now to hope he plays 6 games for Chelsea, all off the bench, falls into obscurity and ends up in a no-mans land of a career. I'd suggest that's the smart money too. Could very easily be a crash back down to earth for him and his 'camp'. Chelsea have done this before, just taken players out of the game, so to speak, even if the benefit is to weaken other teams despite not improving their own. Perhaps a loan to a newly promoted side in Ligue 1 next season is on the cards? I'd laugh in that instance.