Eze to spurs?

[Inquisitive Aquila]

Fascinating that this story came out a couple of hours before Spurs fans protest against Levy and the relative little money spent compared to others.
As to Eze next year is the World Cup playing in the Champions League will help his hopes and whether we like it or not, Spurs get more attention are a bigger club with a bigger stadium. He will also have seen first hand what happened with Zaha and might think it is his last chance! Maybe this also signals that Palace have given up o getting a decent fee for Guehi.
Whenever he goes he will remain the player that scored the goal that won our first major trophy. As such he should always be welcomed back.

 

[eaglesdare]

If spurs had signed Morgan Gibbs white they wouldn't be in for Eze. It's all that marinakas fault! 🫣

 

[teddingtoneagle]

I don’t believe we’d be so stupid to let Eze go at this point in time, especially to a club like Spuds. We need him, and no pressure to sell, unless a proper fee that would allow us to replace him comfortably. He’s a decent bloke and hope he's not phased by those money men not interested in his career just their own god damn pockets.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Fascinating that this story came out a couple of hours before Spurs fans protest against Levy and the relative little money spent compared to others.
As to Eze next year is the World Cup playing in the Champions League will help his hopes and whether we like it or not, Spurs get more attention are a bigger club with a bigger stadium. He will also have seen first hand what happened with Zaha and might think it is his last chance! Maybe this also signals that Palace have given up o getting a decent fee for Guehi.
Whenever he goes he will remain the player that scored the goal that won our first major trophy. As such he should always be welcomed back.

This is all very well but realistically what's the point of being in the precious Premier League? We're unlikely to ever finish higher than 8th/9th and all we are is a scouting system for richer clubs. We've been an established PL team for years, won the FA Cup and got into Europe and we're still skint with a crap stadium.
The chances of progressing when our best players get picked off at will are virtually zero and quite honestly I'm tired of the whole circus; clubs hundreds of millions in debt can spend hundreds of millions more with no problem.
Disagree all you like but this league isn't set up to be competitive; it just makes rich people richer. I know Leicester had a freak season but does anyone seriously believe that could happen to us?
The only solution I can see is for the money clubs to piss off into their Euro Super League and play exhibition games every week while the rest of us get on with it.

 

[eaglesdare]

This is all very well but realistically what's the point of being in the precious Premier League? We're unlikely to ever finish higher than 8th/9th and all we are is a scouting system for richer clubs. We've been an established PL team for years, won the FA Cup and got into Europe and we're still skint with a crap stadium.
The chances of progressing when our best players get picked off at will are virtually zero and quite honestly I'm tired of the whole circus; clubs hundreds of millions in debt can spend hundreds of millions more with no problem.
Disagree all you like but this league isn't set up to be competitive; it just makes rich people richer. I know Leicester had a freak season but does anyone seriously believe that could happen to us?
The only solution I can see is for the money clubs to piss off into their Euro Super League and play exhibition games every week while the rest of us get on with it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956700749410578533

 

[Painter]

Eze, was always going to have his head turned, and Palace, were never likely to not sell if the price was right. It’s just , why wait until so late in the window to look serious about it? Can only hope Parish, already has a replacement lined up.
Same applies to Guehi, in so much as replacing is concerned. Being a Palace fan in closed season is rarely much fun. Being a bit of a purest it leaves a bitter taste when after what has been achieved your best players would prefer to play against you.

We are in the group of teams that do well and are ripe for big clubs to pinch players, Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton all lose their best players. I cant see it ever changing.

 

[Inquisitive Aquila]

This is all very well but realistically what's the point of being in the precious Premier League? We're unlikely to ever finish higher than 8th/9th and all we are is a scouting system for richer clubs. We've been an established PL team for years, won the FA Cup and got into Europe and we're still skint with a crap stadium.
The chances of progressing when our best players get picked off at will are virtually zero and quite honestly I'm tired of the whole circus; clubs hundreds of millions in debt can spend hundreds of millions more with no problem.
Disagree all you like but this league isn't set up to be competitive; it just makes rich people richer. I know Leicester had a freak season but does anyone seriously believe that could happen to us?
The only solution I can see is for the money clubs to piss off into their Euro Super League and play exhibition games every week while the rest of us get on with it.

Very little to disagree with, the only way to make it competitive would be instead of FPP a maximum amount regardless of any sales can be spent over a rolling three year period.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Very little to disagree with, the only way to make it competitive would be instead of FPP a maximum amount regardless of any sales can be spent over a rolling three year period.

That would help and so would a wage cap like the NFL. If a club choose to pay one player 50% of their pay budget that's up to them.

 

[ambrose7]

I don’t believe we’d be so stupid to let Eze go at this point in time, especially to a club like Spuds. We need him, and no pressure to sell, unless a proper fee that would allow us to replace him comfortably. He’s a decent bloke and hope he's not phased by those money men not interested in his career just their own god damn pockets.

Neither he nor Guehi is going to sign a new contract, and clearly we aren't buying until we sell. We cannot sleepwalk into a position next summer where Guehi and Glasner are out of contract, Eze has 1 year to go so loses half his value, and half of Europe want Wharton. We'd basically rip the spine of the team out in one go. We'd be where Brentford are right now, and maybe with less cash.

Like it or not, if Eze and Guehi are both still here on January 31st 2026, we are f***ed. We are under pressure.

 

[PatrickA]

Eze has been in play since it was clear from Parish's interview last season that the club was almost inviting bids.
This is the reality for all but the top clubs in trying to retain exceptional players .

For fans of a certain vintage (i.e old) he's the archetypal Spurs player.
Gifted, capable of brilliance but with spells of inconsistency which title contenders try and minimise in their players.

From Palace's standpoint, if he does leave we will still have a good structure, organisation and talented players in our team.
But we will miss his special moments which turn games.
I doubt we'd have won the FA Cup without his special moments.
We can't replace him like for like ( similar to Olise), but Sarr with a different profile of player showed it's possible to pose alternative threats.

 

[cyprussteve]

To me the biggèst surprise is how shocked some people are. If you look at the history of the club we have always sold our best players on. For an example Kenny Samson, Ian Wright, Peter Nicolas, Nigel Martyn, Chris Armstrong, Clive Allen etc the list is endless.All have gone for either money (greed) or ambition
Yes it's disappointing when we lose players but others will come along to take thier place. I think Eze is great but inconsistent and perhaps that why a top 4 side hasn't bid for him. Going to spurs seems like a sideways move bearing in mind he may play more games in europe with us this season then with spurs but money talks as usual

 

[Teddy Eagle]

To me the biggèst surprise is how shocked some people are. If you look at the history of the club we have always sold our best players on. For an example Kenny Samson, Ian Wright, Peter Nicolas, Nigel Martyn, Chris Armstrong, Clive Allen etc the list is endless.All have gone for either money (greed) or ambition
Yes it's disappointing when we lose players but others will come along to take thier place. I think Eze is great but inconsistent and perhaps that why a top 4 side hasn't bid for him. Going to spurs seems like a sideways move bearing in mind he may play more games in europe with us this season then with spurs but money talks as usual

As per Tottenhamhotspur.com

Our net debt as of 30 June 2024 was £772.5m
What money is talking here?

 

[Davepalace707]

To me the biggèst surprise is how shocked some people are. If you look at the history of the club we have always sold our best players on. For an example Kenny Samson, Ian Wright, Peter Nicolas, Nigel Martyn, Chris Armstrong, Clive Allen etc the list is endless.All have gone for either money (greed) or ambition
Yes it's disappointing when we lose players but others will come along to take thier place. I think Eze is great but inconsistent and perhaps that why a top 4 side hasn't bid for him. Going to spurs seems like a sideways move bearing in mind he may play more games in europe with us this season then with spurs but money talks as usual

It’s no surprise he’s going but it would be handy to have his replacement coming in pdq otherwise we risk yet another crap start to the season

 

[Team of the (20)80s]

This is all very well but realistically what's the point of being in the precious Premier League? We're unlikely to ever finish higher than 8th/9th and all we are is a scouting system for richer clubs. We've been an established PL team for years, won the FA Cup and got into Europe and we're still skint with a crap stadium.
The chances of progressing when our best players get picked off at will are virtually zero and quite honestly I'm tired of the whole circus; clubs hundreds of millions in debt can spend hundreds of millions more with no problem.
Disagree all you like but this league isn't set up to be competitive; it just makes rich people richer. I know Leicester had a freak season but does anyone seriously believe that could happen to us?
The only solution I can see is for the money clubs to piss off into their Euro Super League and play exhibition games every week while the rest of us get on with it.

Depressingly accurate.

 

[Mystic Smeg]

I don't get that. His head is not in the right space because he knows negotiations have been ongoing all week and that we're obviously open to selling him.

It seems clear for whether reason we've got no transfer funds unless players depart so if a deal is close and he played and got injured there'd be a lot more moaning on here.

So what's Parish done with all the money from previous sales etc? We definitely didn't spend it on Munoz, Esse etc....correct me if I'm wrong by all means

 

[eaglesdare]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956355021714473233

I'm sure all will be revealed tomorrow anyway

 

[Casual]

In 13 years
Which of our players have been ‘picked off at will?’
-Bollasie ? Great sale. Did nothing at Everton
-AWB? . £52 m from the academy. Had to go. Got great money for him, failed at Man Utd.
-olise?Buy out clause, so we had no choice. . Had to go, to one of the biggest teams in the world. Ballon Dor selected
-Anderson. Slow. Wanted too much money. Replaced by a player , that cost half as much and twice as good.

Who are these players getting ‘picked off at will ?’

This is all very well but realistically

what's the point of being in the precious Premier League? We're unlikely to ever finish higher than 8th/9th and all we are is a scouting system for richer clubs. We've been an established PL team for years, won the FA Cup and got into Europe and we're still skint with a crap stadium.
The chances of progressing when our best players get picked off at will are virtually zero and quite honestly I'm tired of the whole circus; clubs hundreds of millions in debt can spend hundreds of millions more with no problem.
Disagree all you like but this league isn't set up to be competitive; it just makes rich people richer. I know Leicester had a freak season but does anyone seriously believe that could happen to us?
The only solution I can see is for the money clubs to piss off into their Euro Super League and play exhibition games every week while the rest of us get on with it.

 

[cyprussteve]

It’s no surprise he’s going but it would be handy to have his replacement coming in pdq otherwise we risk yet another crap start to the season

I think the club would not let him leave without someone lined up. Maybe the guy from Liecester or we swap Guehi for Elliot and buy Diomonde. Both seem good options. In reality only SP & OG know whats going on and we have to trust them to get the best deal for the club

 

[eaglesdare]

We all know we will loose the two. It's just the season has started this should have all been done months ago.

 

[ambrose7]

So what's Parish done with all the money from previous sales etc? We definitely didn't spend it on Munoz, Esse etc....correct me if I'm wrong by all means

Well, we spent £65m on Nketiah, Riad and Franca in the last 2 years...

Three years ago we spent £45m and brought in £5m. Two years ago we spent £60m and brought in £0. Last year we brought in £100m odd but spent £90m. This year we've brought in nothing.

As it stands, Brighton brought in more money from selling Caicedo than we've brought in over 4 summers.