Franca is the most obvious example of a failed transfer at the club. Parish ought to have an independent, impartial investigator look into the details - access to all emails between Palace and Franca's club and agent, bank details, company minutes etc. I accept that player acquisition isn't aways an exact science, but one doesn't have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce that paying big money for an unknown sick note young Brazilian kid of ordinary ability and limited experience and then move him over 5000 miles away from friends and family to play in arguably the most competitive league in the world was very unlikely to end well.