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Palace were set up yesterday to draw or snatch a win. There was no high press or pressure on the ball at all with. It’s the most effective way to set-up against us for the vast majority of teams in the EPL, credit to Potter for this because that is how most teams set-up against the Big Six. On...

That’s what you get for 200 EPL appearances, an EPL winners medal and winning FA England Player of the Season (2016) etc. Huge gamble to pay that sort of money to someone who has never scored in a top division but that’s what your club do. Looks like you’ve got lucky this time.

Indeed. A £30k-£40k payrise would have been demanded by player agents across the squad if we’d started paying a player (with no goals in a top league) £70k per week. Palace’s wage structure is a joke, I think Edouard will be top quality for Palace and really wanted him here but not at the...

I suppose we shouldn’t have judged Connolly on his two goals against Spurs so you may have a point.

Yes. 4 points. Welbeck is better than any striker Palace have.

Not looking good for that particular bet.

Deary me, this thread will be crawling with Palace later. Shame he was out of our salary range.

Sky Sports don’t even know who Palace’s new signing is!

I’m an Eduoard fan boy but I’d not be happy about our club investing £18.2m in his salary. Way too much. Yes, he’ll score against us, probably in most fixtures but for a player who has never performed in a top league, his agent has pulled off a masterstroke getting that weekly salary. If he...

Real shame. We don’t do auctions. However, Edouard has to leave so Celtic might accept the £15m and let the player and agent pick the club. I suspect we might match that bid but we won’t be able to compete with the likes of Arsenal, Palace or Everton on salary so this one is dead.

The Daily Record really really don’t like that news! They have a different narrative obviously and they are sticking to it! “Eddy to Bordeaux unlikely Bordeuax are unlikely to be able to raise the finances to sign Odsonne Edouard depsite interest in the Celtic striker. Their top marksmen...

They will. Come back on Monday. Deals will be below £10m and could look like this: Edouard to Arsenal or Brighton (if Nunez falls through) Nketiah to Palace

I don’t think he’d be bothered as there is no new news. It’s just this daily habit in the Scottish press (not just the record) to write the word ‘Brighton’ if they have previously written the words ‘Edouard’ and ‘transfer’.

The Daily Record is still putting out stories around our link with Edouard almost, well, daily. Here is their latest gossip on record: “Successfully completing a deal for the striker [some Werder Greek lad] would furnish Celtic with a replacement for Odsonne Edouard who has been offered to a...

In retrospect, it was clearly an attempt by Celtic to orchestrate a bid from some team or other before they get absolutely robbed for less than £10m on transfer deadline day. I suspect they tipped off a journo with some BS after receiving a discreet enquiry. Desperate measures by a desperate...

The going rate for Edouard seems to be £85k pw and £20m to Celtic at the moment. However, the going rate on August 31st will probably be half of those figures above because the jeopardy for Celtic is that they lose a £9m striker for nothing and the jeopardy for Edouard is that he stays on £19k...

The Scottish press are pretty much mentioning us in every article written about Edouard leaving, here is one from today. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/charlie-nicholas-odsonne-edouard-celtic-24774337 Clearly we’re not going to pay £20m for someone who is...

No one is going to bid until the last day or two of the window when Celtic will have to accept whatever fee they get. Then, multiple clubs will match it.

Tap in Tammy is way way out of our budget. You are looking at £65m+ for a 5 year contract plus salary and fees. Forget him. Nketiah is 22 years old and has 8 goals from 55 appearances. Edouard is 23 years old and has 66 goals from 130 appearances. Signing Nketiah feels like the signing of...

Why would we not be in for a player in the last year of his contract whom your boys Owen & Naylor said we were interested in last summer? The Scotch press is still saying we’re leading the chase but it is becoming clear we’re not going to pay £20m+ for a player we can get for free next year...