Its clear to me that - only the club & player + players agent really know what Newcastle offered last season, and how much we would have had left after Chelsea got their cut, we now know what we received from the PL for our league position achieved last season, how much Marc contributed to that & the fact that we almost certainly wouldn't have won the FA Cup & Community shield without him, giving thousands of Palace fans what for many would have been up there as 2 of the best fan experiences we have ever had, certainly for me its up there with getting married & the kids being born (if that makes me a sad old git in anyone's eyes I really don't care) - for me, in that context the difference between the Newcastle bid & whatever todays bid is from Liverpool or anyone else for that matter, tends to diminish somewhat.