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If he smashes the PL and CL for another season and stays fit, then fair enough he's definitely one of the best forwards in the world. I still think at the moment that tiny group of elite teams might need more confirmation before paying the kind of money it would take to get him. Mainly just his stamina and fitness.

Don't be a silly stottie.

When is the right time to sell him? Would be now if you want max value.

You mean because he hasn't signed another contract yet? Have we offered him one?

He's good, he's going to be good.

When would be the right time to sell for the club though? When his value is highest? That’s probably now.

You're talking about a tiny number of clubs that might be in the market for him at the price it would take. Wouldn't worry about it for at least another season. Even then, you need a perfect match of a team with £120m+ to spend on one player and no world class striker already playing for them.

I mean, we offered loads of money for Guehi already and couldn't get him in January. I'm not sure it's about speed, is it?

Not sure there's ever been a better DM.

Been to a pre season friendly at Palmeiras, they sang ‘fuck yourself referee’ for most of the game and the ref had to be walked off the field under police riot shields. Also nearly had a riot before KO because the turnstiles broke and nobody could get in. I wondered whether to bother going because it looked a meaningless game

Yeah that’s what happened last time. Would be a bit unlucky if Friday ends up a stronger lineup than Saturday.

Ah fair enough, I didn’t know we’d ever had a chance. Don’t disagree though.

I think Madueke is the most exciting of all the RW we’ve been linked with TBH. Imperfect still but has everything about him to be an absolutely top player.

Why?

The shield around the crest is bizarre, truly terrible design choice.

I don't think there'll be many clubs that always finish in the CL at the moment. Maybe only the top 3. Depending on Man U/Spurs recovery and Forest/Villa maintenance I guess. It's extremely competitive.

They always look much worse on the hanger. I don't like the design anyway but it will look better once we see it properly.

Awful, deffo a season to buy them in the sale next summer.

Yes and no, I don’t think Paris has that much potential except when artificially boosted by Qatari money. TBH I still think of them as a weird Frankenstein club in some ways, a relatively average club in an average league but with loads of money making them big.

As brilliant as he is I think Isak would have to stay fit and firing for a whole season for someone to spend £100m+ on him. I think the very elite clubs might still have some reservations. If his contract runs down I guess it might be different.

Well sure, just seems like you should agree with the club whether you can actually afford to buy the guy. Maybe that happens informally.

I honestly think this is the rationale behind most posts in this thread. I feel the same most of the time.

It sounded like he thought he was coming and it was just a matter of the details. Sadly we couldn't agree the price with Palace in the end.