Romaine Esse

[Spindle]

Certainly wouldn't call it a terrible signing. Yes it's not worked out but the fee is relatively small these days and if more than 50% is recouped then I'm fine with taking these types of risks and actual wish we'd do a lot more. Realistically for every 5 of these types of signings you only need 2 or 3 to work out. It's what Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford currently do much better than us.

Do you have any idea just how much the weeds spend on transfers like that? They throw s*** at the wall and see what sticks, frequently jizzing 7 or 8 figures on unknowns and most of them, MOST, don't work out. They have Chelsea to thank for it, pretty much.

 

[Squidgeedee]

We ruined him then.

OG clearly didn't rate him. Came on & scored on his debut. No real game time after that & then the sub on sub off fiasco at Liverpool at the end of the season.

Was there a player there?? Who knows didn't pull up trees for Coventry & seemed to spend more time on the bench there than on the pitch. Plus preseason both him & JRS have looked awful

Limit the loss, sell on % & move on.

 

[Eagleman13]

He might not want to go there. We can't force him.

Crystal Palace reject opening offer - Player has agreed personal terms

Crystal Palace have rejected an offer worth €8m plus a further €2m in potential bonus payments. Talks are ongoing.

sportwitness.co.uk

 

[PatrickA]

I’m probably a bit old fashioned and behind the times , but for you youngsters out there it used to be the case that a player could not agree terms with a prospective buying club until the prospective selling club had been given permission for the player to meet the club and the fee had been agreed.
Were a club to approach one of your players before such steps had been taken there could be redress on the charge of poaching or ‘tapping up.’
Not that Palace are any different these days with regard to agreeing terms with a player ahead of agreeing a fee with the club.

 

[JessieJ]

Exactly, and I wonder how true all these examples are of a player agreeing term before the buying club has even made conact with the seller. Anyway, regardless of protokoll, I wouldn't say that we ruined him. if anything he contributed to that himself with his attitude if reports are to be believed. Recoup some cash and let go, don't see any chance of game time. Unless of course Sarr is beoing sold 🙄