Lacroix

[ASCPFC]

I don't wish him well at Chelsea. Which is a shame.

 

[MrRobbo]

I think Max's valuation was a bit on the light side, and the amount agreed suggests perhaps a release clause of 60m Euro.

Van Hecke only had 1 year left of his contract.
Konsa will be 29 in 2 months and Romero is 28 (not 26) and despite playing regularly for Argentina has had a mix prem league record and also openly asked to leave.

Max is 26 and had 3 years left of his contract and was not on silly money. All these should have enabled Palace to extract maximum value - unless there was a release clause.

With Van Hecke they paid a premium as they specifically wanted him.

This is worth a look:
Jan Paul van Hecke to Tottenham Hotspur: Why defender holds the key to Roberto De Zerbi's style of play at Spurs

Some of the stats near the bottom are quite insane