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3 hours ago, McDog said:

 

 

I would be pretty surprised, although the price has to have plummeted.

That pencil necked cunt Parrish won’t sell him to us out of some misaligned pride. Certainly not at a knockdown price.

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18 minutes ago, Slim said:

Doubt he will be in any rush to sign a new contract with them currently.

 

He'll definitely leave, just a matter of when. 

 

FWIW I would be surprised if we go back for him now. We've had a very painful time in public with this deal, unless things behind the scenes are a lot more cordial than we think (which I'm pretty sure they aren't).  

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23 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:


I think CP gambled on him signing a new one with a release and gentleman’s agreement but it’s badly backfired 


Seemed fairly clear he was in a win-win situation, probably why he didn’t force the move. Just wait and get a free transfer to someone with a bonus and double the wages. Easy. 

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18 minutes ago, Geordie_once_removed said:

I wonder if like Lingard, Diego Carlos, Diaby, Maddison and perhaps even Szoboszlai we'll look back at not signing him as a bullet dodged. 

 

It's important to recognise what difference we may have had on those players careers had they joined us. 

 

Sometimes, it's certain players, at certain clubs, at certain times.

 

For example, if we do sign Guehi, there's a much better chance his career moves on to greater things. If he stays at Palace and they continue to have stinkers, he's going to suffer as a consequence.

 

What's for sure is that Palace are in a much worse negotiating position now. I'm not so sure we will revisit it though.

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Him still there in the summer and palace relegated would be funny as fuck. Still think thry have too much about them though. Weird how their manager has dropped of a cliff though, he looked proper naughty coming in, with 2 players or so away from a very strong xi.  Olisie is a huge loss. No doubt sbout it. 

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16 minutes ago, STM said:

 

It's important to recognise what difference we may have had on those players careers had they joined us. 

 

Sometimes, it's certain players, at certain clubs, at certain times.

 

For example, if we do sign Guehi, there's a much better chance his career moves on to greater things. If he stays at Palace and they continue to have stinkers, he's going to suffer as a consequence.

 

What's for sure is that Palace are in a much worse negotiating position now. I'm not so sure we will revisit it 

I largely agree with you and I think that people can be far too binary about players being good or bad based on how a signing works out. Often it's way more about the atmosphere/setup of the club a player goes into that decides if they are a success, rather than their innate abilities. This was why I left out players like Ekitike, though he's also doing well at Frankfurt 

 

Equally I do still feel we've been a tad lucky in some of our near misses.

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32 minutes ago, black_n_white said:

If Krafth is out long term we’ll surely look to bring a CB in in January, I’m just not sure palace will sell given there league position.

 

I think they arguably have too much 'value' tied up in him in terms of their overall squad. If Riad returns from injury in December it might make sense for them to cash in and strengthen other positions.

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Anyone think that we’ll still be interested in him January?  My guess is that they would ask for  45m+ or similar? I hope we don’t waste any time on him whatsoever.

 

One player that might be out of our reach (not impossible) depending on the competition. That’s Tomas Araujo. Not seen that many games but from what I’ve seen I really like the look of him. Would probably cost more than 45 from what I’ve read. 

 

 

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