Despite needing the funds to strengthen elsewhere Parish has proved again and again that he will not do business unless its in Palace best interest. We are said to value Eze at £70m. I'd agree with that. If City want £35m for a completely unproven inexperienced Mactee the seems about right.
There has been so much media click bait rubbish written about Ebs this summer. One of the biggest being that 'he has agreed personal terms with Arsenal/Spurs. Firstly Eze wouldn't do that out of respect for Palace. Secondly its an illegal approach to discuss a contract with a player that is already contracted to another club. On this point I actually agreed with Marinakis when he slapped Spurs down over MGW.
I'm not saying he wont leave. All players leave eventually. But I'm comfortable with it. Parish will get good money and I feel sure he'll have players lined up to immediately move on.
I would be disappointed if he went to Spurs. In my opinion he is so much better than that but as someone else pointed out, once he leaves he will no longer be our concern. We'll all quickly start focussing on our own contracted player and start to forget him. Eze is not the be all and end all. We have Mateta, Wharton, Munoz, Sarr, Lacroix. Even Kamada is starting to show what he can do. Life goes on as it did when Ian Wright left, Chris Armstrong left, Andy Johnson left, etc, etc.
But right at this moment I dont really see anything but wishful thinking on Spurs side and quiet professionalism from Palaces. Which means I doubt a deal is imminent. Might happen, might not.