Eze to Arsenal

[MrRobbo]

£68M is a good price for a 27 year old player with 2 years left on his contract. His salary over his time with us wasn’t exorbitant and we won 2 trophies and gained best ever league place and points.

Time will tell if Arsenal get the same return as we’ve had.

I really loved watching going him play but now was the time to move on especially as Eze seemed of that opinion too.

Olise went with most fans blessing and Bayern were the beneficiaries. Another trophy this year and the narrative on Palace could change forever.

Exactly, as horrible as it is letting him go we need to be smart with players. (We got the Anderson sale 100% correct).

Hopefully El Khannouss would have doubled/trippled in value in a couple of years and we go again!

 

[Rudi Hedman]

£68M is a good price for a 27 year old player with 2 years left on his contract. His salary over his time with us wasn’t exorbitant and we won 2 trophies and gained best ever league place and points.

Time will tell if Arsenal get the same return as we’ve had.

I really loved watching going him play but now was the time to move on especially as Eze seemed of that opinion too.

Olise went with most fans blessing and Bayern were the beneficiaries. Another trophy this year and the narrative on Palace could change forever.

You read fans say things like selling at their peak or somewhere on that curve. Realistically the buying club from us needs to have a decent period of time out of the player to make it worthwhile and for the big transfer to happen, so timing is important. Alex Ferguson was an expert in knowing when to sell a player who wasn’t going to maintain his best days for much longer. That is further along the career than we’re selling our players. I think we’re trading very smartly and it’s really good progress from what it was several years ago - buying Sakho, Benteke and other high earners with no resale value.

 

[est1905]

You read fans say things like selling at their peak or somewhere on that curve. Realistically the buying club from us needs to have a decent period of time out of the player to make it worthwhile and for the big transfer to happen, so timing is important. Alex Ferguson was an expert in knowing when to sell a player who wasn’t going to maintain his best days for much longer. That is further along the career than we’re selling our players. I think we’re trading very smartly and it’s really good progress from what it was several years ago - buying Sakho, Benteke and other high earners with no resale value.

While thats true we had no real choice but to buy older more experienced players at the time. Especially when you have Big Sam demanding quality now instead of potential.
I think we're just more established now and that brings confidence and the ability to be patient with new players. to improve them and sell them on instead of having to hawk them around the French or Scottish leagues desperately trying to recoup some of what we paid!

 

[Spindle]

Just like 1991 Arsenal came by and shafted us.

At least this time we won the cup.

 

[Team of the (20)80s]

It’s not what I wanted but I guess a positive step to have it fully confirmed so we know we have the money, clock is ticking Ebere Eze departs Crystal Palace for Arsenal - News - Crystal Palace F.C.

 

[Rudi Hedman]

Pundits keep going on about Eze playing on the left at Arsenal, probably because they don’t play a 10 or a system Eze can play centrally. Hmmm. I will watch in interest, not supporting him I have to add.

 

[Spindle]

I can see why Arsenal panicked and splashed out £68m the very moment one of their players got injured because they're only 4 nil up

 

[ASCPFC]

Pundits keep going on about Eze playing on the left at Arsenal, probably because they don’t play a 10 or a system Eze can play centrally. Hmmm. I will watch in interest, not supporting him I have to add.

He plays on the left for us. In fact, we have no first team player on the left now. Esse would be theoretically on the left. We started Devenny on the left when Eze pulled out. I draw the conclusion the manager does not trust Esse.

 

[PatrickA]

I can see why Arsenal panicked and splashed out £68m the very moment one of their players got injured because they're only 4 nil up

I can see where you're coming from.
The Premier League is more uncompetitive than it's ever been.
The top clubs now have benches made up of star players who would be first team regulars at the majority of clubs.
It's so easy for Arsenal this evening they can even play an 15 year old , and aren't they milking it in their arrogant way.
Chelsea smash West Ham and barely raise a sweat.
Liverpool, who already with an embarrassment of riches, try and pinch the best players from Newcastle and Palace.
Sky increasingly resembles Liverpool TV, Arsenal TV, or whichever top club they happen to be eulogising over that week.

Rant over, except to say that the essence of sport is competition.
Take that away and I think some fans will stop watching when the big clubs are 3-0 up in half an hour.
It happened in Spain.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I can see where you're coming from.
The Premier League is more uncompetitive than it's ever been.
The top clubs now have benches made up of star players who would be first team regulars at the majority of clubs.
It's so easy for Arsenal this evening they can even play an 15 year old , and aren't they milking it in their arrogant way.
Chelsea smash West Ham and barely raise a sweat.
Liverpool, who already with an embarrassment of riches, try and pinch the best players from Newcastle and Palace.
Sky increasingly resembles Liverpool TV, Arsenal TV, or whichever top club they happen to be eulogising over that week.

Rant over, except to say that the essence of sport is competition.
Take that away and I think some fans will stop watching when the big clubs are 3-0 up in half an hour.
It happened in Spain.

Yep. The media won't be happy until they have a Harlem Globetrotter set up running up telephone number scores.

 

[rob1861]

I can see where you're coming from.
The Premier League is more uncompetitive than it's ever been.
The top clubs now have benches made up of star players who would be first team regulars at the majority of clubs.
It's so easy for Arsenal this evening they can even play an 15 year old , and aren't they milking it in their arrogant way.
Chelsea smash West Ham and barely raise a sweat.
Liverpool, who already with an embarrassment of riches, try and pinch the best players from Newcastle and Palace.
Sky increasingly resembles Liverpool TV, Arsenal TV, or whichever top club they happen to be eulogising over that week.

Rant over, except to say that the essence of sport is competition.
Take that away and I think some fans will stop watching when the big clubs are 3-0 up in half an hour.
It happened in Spain.

It's already happened, each new rule is designed to help the big 6. Increase bench sizes (only big budget teams can maintain quality), introduce longer injury times to take advantage of the tired players on the other team, introduce PSR to stop another Man City rising and spending what they want to complete (Villa and Newcastle as examples). That's just the PL. Then look at Europe...