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With respect, that's a pretty comical misunderstanding of what the release clause is for.

If Palace get an offer for at least £68m and Eze wants to go, the clause means they have to accept it. However that doesn't stop them selling him for less if they choose to. Sometimes a club needs money, sometimes a player loses form or doesn't hit the heights expected, there are many reasons why a club might include a release clause, but then later be happy to do a deal well below it rather than not do a deal at all.
I don't think Palace will accept less than the release clause but Woolwich will blackmail them into at least considering it. Woolwich already know Eze only wants them, and Palace are aware of this, so Woolwich are in no rush to trigger it. They'll pretend they've no interest in triggering it until the season starts which is the worst case scenario for Palace. So they'll low-ball them with offers in the meantime effectively blackmailing Palace into an early sale on the cheap to avoid them triggering it in late august.
 
What I don't get, is Arse are currently negotiating with Palace for a deal UNDER Eze's £68m release clause ...
Firstly, What's the point of a release clause if you can negotiate under it...
And also, everyone KNOWS the release clause... It's no big Whoo-haaa secret!

The release clause is just the "buy it now" price
 
I don't think Palace will accept less than the release clause but Woolwich will blackmail them into at least considering it. Woolwich already know Eze only wants them, and Palace are aware of this, so Woolwich are in no rush to trigger it. They'll pretend they've no interest in triggering it until the season starts which is the worst case scenario for Palace. So they'll low-ball them with offers in the meantime effectively blackmailing Palace into an early sale on the cheap to avoid them triggering it in late august.
Indeed - agree with all of that - I was just responding to the generic misunderstanding:

"What's the point of a release clause if you can negotiate under it..."
 
May have been mentioned in the previous 100 pages that I’m not going to read, but didn’t Marinakis place his shares into a blind trust, therefore ceding any control he has on the club?

If so, what the fuck has all this got to do with him?
 
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