Eze to spurs?

Living In Hope said:
I will probably be embarrassed over the next couple of days, but I am going to predict that Levy will be so tight over the deal that it will fail because the combination of timing and value to Palace will result in us refusing to do it (ie he'll keep negotiating on the price until it is too late for us to replace Ebs). Let's see.
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I agree, I dont think its at all unlikely that Palace have a price (believed to be £70m) in mind and will not sell unless Spuds pay that. Both Spurs and Arsenal just cant seem to get their head around the fact that Palace are not 'cash strapped Palace' like everyone in London used to call us. They still think they can throw us a few crumbs and we'll be grateful.
I actually think Smug Levy could be in for a shock. Not only will Palace not accept less than our valuation we also wont even accept that if Spurs dont give us enough time to replace him before the window shuts
 
viveasheagle said:
A soccer player's window to earn top money is relatively short and it just takes one big injury to seriously impact their career. Eze is quality and if he can get a double your money contract with a club playing champions league then good luck to him. The issue for Palace as a business model is to plan for this to happen and identify suitable replaces to step up when players are sold. Admittedly easier said than done. I think in hindsight Palace have been guilty of holding on to their top players for too long and not getting the maximum return for some of their signings (Zaha and Guehi spring to mind) The flip side of this is that if these players had been sold at their peak would we have been relegated ( in Zaha's case ) or would we have won the FA cup ( in Guehi's case ) ?
I think in Eze's case they have signed Esse as a future replacement. Whether he will be good enough now or in another season or not at all we will have to see. The problem in Guehi's case is we don't look to have a suitable replacement and i think we are looking for top dollar for a player with only 1 year left on his contract. We really need to persuade him to sign a new contract, accept he will go next year on a free, or drop our asking price.
O'Brien who we sold for a relatively small fee looks like he could have been that replacement but he is now at Everton. It will be interesting to see if and who we might sign in the post Freedman era.
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Sorry but I stopped reading at the word 'soccer'
 
Spindle said:
Will someone to explain to me how he has a release clause for £68m, it expires, and we then sell him for less than that. The price being banded about is 55m+5m

Doesn't make sense.
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It indicates there were no takers at the price in the release clause.
After that the price is only going down unless the player has a long term contract.
A bit like pricing your house too high.
If you want to sell(and it seems to me that Palace are not averse to the idea) flexibility is needed.
I don’t know why, but it seems apparent that we need to raise funds and we don’t want to be in a similar position with Eze next summer that we’ve encountered with Guehi this summer.
 
SicilianEagle said:
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I dont believe any of that is true. Parish has people that field transfer enquiries. I'd imagine Levy has the same if not an even bigger negotiating team. To suggest Levy and Parish are in discussions is suggesting a deal is very close. Glasner has made it clear it is not close.
I dont believe Eze has told Palace he wants to go to Spurs, I dont believe personal terms have been agreed either and when its pretty obvious what Palace would accept why would Spurs offer TEN MILLION less than that figure? IMO. All crap
 
Levy versus Parish. You’d have to predict no sale.
“How much do you want?”
“The release clause is 68”
“Would you accept 55?”
“It’s 68”
“How about 55 plus 5 in add ons”
“It’s 68 and btw times up on the release clause”
You’re killing me! I don’t have that kind of money! Oak. 60 and not a penny more.”
“68”
“Ok. Because I like you I’m prepared to go to 60 plus 3”
“70”
………

Or maybe it’s just
55
68
55
68
55
68
…….
 
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Palacesince64 said:
Levy versus Parish. You’d have to predict no sale.
“How much do you want?”
“The release clause is 68”
“Would you accept 55?”
“It’s 68”
“How about 55 plus 5 in add ons”
“It’s 68 and btw times up on the release clause”
You’re killing me! I don’t have that kind of money! Oak. 60 and not a penny more.”
“68”
“Ok. Because I like you I’m prepared to go to 60 plus 3”
“70”
………

Or maybe it’s just
55
68
55
68
55
68
…….
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He'll do wha the did with Guehi last year and offer the asking price on the very last day of the window. It's all to make Spurs fans feel better.
 
I just heard a story about a Palace’s fan take on Eze going to Spurs.
He’s view was that he wouldn’t mind his wife leaving him for Brad Pitt, but this felt like she was leaving him for the ordinary bloke next door!
 
PatrickA said:
It indicates there were no takers at the price in the release clause.
After that the price is only going down unless the player has a long term contract.
A bit like pricing your house too high.
If you want to sell(and it seems to me that Palace are not averse to the idea) flexibility is needed.
I don’t know why, but it seems apparent that we need to raise funds and we don’t want to be in a similar position with Eze next summer that we’ve encountered with Guehi this summer.
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Im not so sure it’s to do with funds as much as if we don’t sell now it will be another Guehi, situation. If the club can’t get his real value they might still risk that. But Guehi, must make them think sell, because Guehi, has the club in a corner, and as witnessed so have Liverpool regarding a fee.
It’s great to keep two terrific players but come next summer the club could find its self missing out big time.
 
Putitout said:
Im not so sure it’s to do with funds as much as if we don’t sell now it will be another Guehi, situation. If the club can’t get his real value they might still risk that. But Guehi, must make them think sell, because Guehi, has the club in a corner, and as witnessed so have Liverpool regarding a fee.
It’s great to keep two terrific players but come next summer the club could find its self missing out big time.
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Who knows? We could power up the league and qualify for the Champions League when they'll both want a new contract.
 
Palacesince64 said:
Levy versus Parish. You’d have to predict no sale.
“How much do you want?”
“The release clause is 68”
“Would you accept 55?”
“It’s 68”
“How about 55 plus 5 in add ons”
“It’s 68 and btw times up on the release clause”
You’re killing me! I don’t have that kind of money! Oak. 60 and not a penny more.”
“68”
“Ok. Because I like you I’m prepared to go to 60 plus 3”
“70”
………

Or maybe it’s just
55
68
55
68
55
68
…….
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Or:

SP: "68"
Levy: "55"
SP: "It's 68 and we have a contractual minimum fee release clause in place. Expiry coming up."
Levy: "55"
SP: "Deadline just passed. So it's still 68 because I really like Ebs and don't want to hold him back. At the same time he's a key player and we'd like to see him stay."
Levy: "55"
SP: "55 plus addons...?"
 
I don't quite get the anti-Spurs sentiment with this move. They've got a brilliant manager, the best stadium in the country, Champions League football and a lot of very good young players. Can see them becoming a force in the coming years.

From his perspective, it's better to play for a club like them where he'll be used properly and won't lose his spark than a club like Chelsea (where he'll rot), United (will rot), or City (will be so regimented by the system that he'll lose his spark). Arsenal would be a better move but if they're not an option, I get why he'd fancy Spurs.

However, all that aside, as I said in an earlier post, honestly I don't give a flying f*** where he goes. He could go to Al Qaeda FC as far as I'm concerned, as much as I love him, as long as we get the money we deserve.

If they want to bid the appropriate amount in enough time to let us replace him, then they can have him. If they leave it late and do stupid incremental bids and we don't have time to get a replacement, then don't sell him and that's their fault.

In that scenario, I would hope he would blame them for f***ing around rather than us for being difficult and he would put 100% into our season instead.
 
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