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What is wrong with this fanbase?
Have been looking through your forum regarding the possibility that Eze may transfer to Spurs and just wanted to put a Palace fan’s perspective.
Regarding the ‘release clause’. It is reported to be £60 million + £8 million add ons but there is a lot of ambiguity regarding this and there may be certain complications to any deal. There may be clauses that mean the release clause may only apply to CL teams (sorry to bring that up). There is also a sell on fee to be paid to QPR which may have to be paid by the buyer along with any agents fees and apparently a large proportion may have to be paid up front rather than over the period of the contract. Nobody really seems to know but what is pretty certain is that Parish won’t entertain any deal unless it suits Palace and meets the full valuation of the clause.
There is a possibility that Palace may choose to consider a sale as Eze will be at his peak value this year. He is 26, just picked for England and is a name on many teams’ wish list. His sale valuation may go down in a few years as he gets older.
With regards Eze himself he is an incredible talent. He is two footed but does prefer his right. He has an amazing ability in confined spaces and can create something out of nothing. However he has really blossomed under Glasner. He was dropped by Vierra and Hodgson’s system didn’t overly suit him. Palace now play a 3 4 2 1 system with Eze and Olise very close centrally with Mateta as the focal point therefore releasing him completely from his defensive duties, which is his weakness. When played on the wing he drifts out of matches, doesn’t defend and can be frustrating to watch, but still has the brilliance to turn a game.
IMO Olise is the better player, an incredible talent that will go to the very very top of the game. It is rumoured that he wants to stay at Palace for another season, likes the way Glasnor plays and his pleased with the direction of travel that team is heading. . He is younger than Eze and offers better value and can play, RW, Number 10 or in the Glasnor system. He is the best player I have ever seen at Palace in 56 years of supporting. I personally think that if Olise stays Eze may decide to stay. They are clearly close and have a telepathic understanding on the pitch. We have already been busy in the transfer window and have allegedly signed two quality players already. We don’t need the money for FFP and if we do decide to sell a player to release funds Guehi may be the one as he only has 2 years left on his contract.
It is my opinion that Palace will be a serious force next season (challenging for top 4) for the first time in 30 years. Whalton, Doucoure, Eze, Olise, Guehi and Mateta would walk into most teams in the league. We finished the season in top 4 form, have an exceptional manager and have made excellent additions whilst letting weaker players leave. Add to that, Spurs are still in transition, Man Utd are weak, Chelsea are well Chelsea, City may have a points deduction coming and we have no European commitments. I hope you’ll excuse our confidence but the players at Palace and the way OG plays is unlike anything I have witnessed at Palace. All those factors may be enough to convince Eze to stay, but who knows.
Hope you don’t mind me dropping into your forum for some healthy, constructive debate and wish you well for the coming season, hopefully without any of our players!
Regarding the ‘release clause’. It is reported to be £60 million + £8 million add ons but there is a lot of ambiguity regarding this and there may be certain complications to any deal. There may be clauses that mean the release clause may only apply to CL teams (sorry to bring that up). There is also a sell on fee to be paid to QPR which may have to be paid by the buyer along with any agents fees and apparently a large proportion may have to be paid up front rather than over the period of the contract. Nobody really seems to know but what is pretty certain is that Parish won’t entertain any deal unless it suits Palace and meets the full valuation of the clause.
There is a possibility that Palace may choose to consider a sale as Eze will be at his peak value this year. He is 26, just picked for England and is a name on many teams’ wish list. His sale valuation may go down in a few years as he gets older.
With regards Eze himself he is an incredible talent. He is two footed but does prefer his right. He has an amazing ability in confined spaces and can create something out of nothing. However he has really blossomed under Glasner. He was dropped by Vierra and Hodgson’s system didn’t overly suit him. Palace now play a 3 4 2 1 system with Eze and Olise very close centrally with Mateta as the focal point therefore releasing him completely from his defensive duties, which is his weakness. When played on the wing he drifts out of matches, doesn’t defend and can be frustrating to watch, but still has the brilliance to turn a game.
IMO Olise is the better player, an incredible talent that will go to the very very top of the game. It is rumoured that he wants to stay at Palace for another season, likes the way Glasnor plays and his pleased with the direction of travel that team is heading. . He is younger than Eze and offers better value and can play, RW, Number 10 or in the Glasnor system. He is the best player I have ever seen at Palace in 56 years of supporting. I personally think that if Olise stays Eze may decide to stay. They are clearly close and have a telepathic understanding on the pitch. We have already been busy in the transfer window and have allegedly signed two quality players already. We don’t need the money for FFP and if we do decide to sell a player to release funds Guehi may be the one as he only has 2 years left on his contract.
It is my opinion that Palace will be a serious force next season (challenging for top 4) for the first time in 30 years. Whalton, Doucoure, Eze, Olise, Guehi and Mateta would walk into most teams in the league. We finished the season in top 4 form, have an exceptional manager and have made excellent additions whilst letting weaker players leave. Add to that, Spurs are still in transition, Man Utd are weak, Chelsea are well Chelsea, City may have a points deduction coming and we have no European commitments. I hope you’ll excuse our confidence but the players at Palace and the way OG plays is unlike anything I have witnessed at Palace. All those factors may be enough to convince Eze to stay, but who knows.
Hope you don’t mind me dropping into your forum for some healthy, constructive debate and wish you well for the coming season, hopefully without any of our players!
Id say atleast give him a chance until January, let him train and compete for minutes in the first team.
If he's definitely not at the level move him on for the 2nd half of the season.
He has much more experience than the likes of Scarlett and Veliz and can play across the front line. Being the 7th or 8th forward in the squad and if he kicks on, everyone is a winner.
Where he is at now, is how the club should be using the academy to make the club trained quota for European squads instead of having expensive flops just blocking pathways and taking up minutes.
It doesn’t mean nothing. He was sent there on loan and did well, he deserves a pre season to try and prove himself to Ange
Love Dele but but it’s been 5 years since he’s had any kind of form.
Not going to happen under Ange.
VDV is cover for Udogie.
He’s absolute shite
That's a silly thing to say.
I liked that paul mitchell. He was from Southampton.
He’s certainly not shite but his attitude seems questionable.
For the money and the rep. He’s on what 350K per week? If we are gonna torpedo our wage structure, let’s do it for a player that can have an impact
Sancho is neat and tidy with good balance/touch but doesn’t add enough final third threat
350k per week over 4 years is 72M ffs
Just saying he's not shite. I do agree with your assessment though.
Compared to me or you of course he’s not shit. Compared to his peers on 350K he’s shite!
Imo, nobody is worth that kind of money....it's obscene
I think he needs a domestic loan, not sure if there's much point in keeping him around if you're not going to play him and use him as a sub, especially since he's benefitted from playing first team football consistently.
The likelihood about players like Parrott is that he won't make it with us unless he has a massive breakout season at a good level next season and that's fine because we just need to accept that sometimes not every player is going to make it with us, not every player who doesn't make it can be deemed a failure either because if we sell them then the academy has done it's job.
Same thing will happen to our U21 crop who won the PL2, 90% of those players aren't making it at Spurs, that's just the truth.
View: https://x.com/lastwordonspurs/status/1799109244488176064?s=46&t=ODsUWjbAPqpaJyjB6VfbZQ
No idea if this site is reliable or not
Let's hope not.
Levy is really trying to pull the wool over fans eyes if he attempts to replace HK with likes of Ivan Toney or similar. Get your money on the table for a worthy replacement not an aging Toney who is bang out of form. Much rather take a risk on a younger striker like Sesko or Openda.
Why though?
You know that Toney guarantees goals which goes some way to replace Kane yet you'd much rather take a risk on a young player who hasn't played in the Prem, not sure that makes any sense?