Is there any credence in the constant blogging that any Palace player who puts his head above the parapet immediately has a swarm of the rich clubs circling for his signature?

The Olise gossip has been rife for some time. The moment Mitchell gets the England nod, suddenly a few of the rich boys are competing for him too.

Somebody recently posted elsewhere that inter-Premiership transfers are quite unusual these days as the cost is so high. I suspect the management will place a price of around £60m on Mitchell and £80m on Olise to scare off suitors.

However, I have a feeling that all of the linked clubs have expressed positive comments towards those 2 but none have approached nor will they. I suspect it may be done to unsettle the players, see whether their agents bite. Beating the ground but no more.

Of course, the ploy may work, especially with Olise who has no history with us. If a player has their head turned and wants to leave, they will leave if the right terms are offered a la AWB.

For my part, I suspect this is a repeat of the ongoing Zaha story. Indeed, I would put more money on not only Olise and Mitchell still being with us this time next year, but on AWB rejoining at RB (for a lot less than we were paid).

If Tyrick has any brains he will see what has happenened to AWB, you cannot get regular international starts siiting on the bench, he deserves a new contract with a salary befitting his new status, No relase clause, if we just let Ayew, McArhur, Kelly, Tomkins and Jach go at the end of there contracts, thats about 200k a week saved, Luka, Benteke and Jairo although they have a year left, another 250k saved even if we let them go for free, that money should go to enhanced contracts to Guehi, Mitchell, Olise and Eze.

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I believe Jairo has 2 years left on his contract.

Also who do you think will replace the 8 players you want the club to offload? I can accept that there may be a couple of possibilities in the Academy but I will be surprised if we have another £60m+ to spend on replacements for the others.

I suspect of those you have listed, Ayew may well be offered an extension and Jairo and Luka will still be with us. Additionally, we don't know what will happen about Kouyate and Clyne whose contracts are also up, I believe, this summer.

I cant think why you think any of the players that contacts end need replacing apart from Clyne, Jairo and Luka we should get enough to buy a couple of Hughes type players, and i dont think i have to say any more about Benteke, Extending his contract along with getting rid of Murray and Jedinak are Parish's three worse mistakes

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

But don't forget we also have 4 loan options, my priority would to get the high earning non regular starters off the books, and make sure the highly sort after players have watertight contracts, 450k a week is still a lot of money and our payment amounts are lopsided.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

I think that we'd be open to a large bid for Mitchell. 40m+ and I think we'd be considering it.

As mentioned in other posts, we are at a stage in our clubs development, that we can be easliy classed as a 'steppingStone' club ala Saints about 5 years ago!

To Lose Mitchell this way and now would be galling, but in actual fact we appear to have a ready-made replacement in Adaramola, who is about the same quality as Mitchell was when he came on the scene. With Hannam waiting in the wings and Jario and Schlupp able To cover LB also.

So long as we reinvest the Money - and reinvest wisely, then that is the route to improving the overall squad.

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