BensGrandad
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Probably pricing him in line with their receipts for avoiding the inevitable relegation with out him in the side.
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[Football] The "Where will Zaha go?" Summer 2018 thread
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Arkwright
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Played and scored for Palace today.
Getting match fit and putting himself in the shop window, great move!
ThePaddy
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The fact that he played today obviously doesn't guarantee that he won't be leaving, but it does piss on the chips of those on here who have suggested that Zaha was throwing a tantrum and would refuse to play for us again.
https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1020712348166905856
Could still refuse to play when the season starts. As others say, he'll want to get a proper pre-season in, show he hasn't lost anything over the summer. Keep up appearances so as not to put off perspective buyers who don't want to sign a trouble-maker.
I could see this leading to what has become a typical palace season: terrible start, to the point it looks like they're almost certs for relegation, change of manager, then wins that keep them up and make them think now they've got the right manager they can kick on and start the season as well as they ended the last one and push up the table, maybe get a place in Europe...
I could see this leading to what has become a typical palace season: terrible start, to the point it looks like they're almost certs for relegation, change of manager, then wins that keep them up and make them think now they've got the right manager they can kick on and start the season as well as they ended the last one and push up the table, maybe get a place in Europe...
No he couldn't, not unless he wanted to sit out until January.
They're simply preventing him leaving, with a price no one will pay.
Other clubs at the end of the day, often after much kicking and screaming, allow players to move on.
Yes he could. You assume he wants to play football or that a transfer is the only end to this story. If he really wants to move he could sit out all their games and wait until January, if he so felt like it. He'd be lacking match fitness should the move finally happen (a move that could happen prior to January, but he wouldn't be able to play for the new club until January, of course), and would be subject to club fines, etc, but if he wanted to that is an option.
Or he could wait until they offer him £200K a week, and a buyout clause at a more reasonable than £70m fee, say, £25m, and sign a new contract in the middle of September after they haven't won a point, and be a part of their revival (at least until January).
It's just a shame he will end up at Barcelona or Juventus then isn't it, along with his rightful peers? I was hoping he'd send you down and then celebrate wildly in front of you.
Ian Wright will always be my favourite "Palace legend" after doing that. What a character! [emoji106]
ThePaddy
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£60-70m is not an unreasonable price for a player of his outstanding quality. We'd be fools to accept anything less in the current climate.
I would be much happier with Wilfried going abroad when he eventually leaves, yes.
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I understand your angle, and IMO (probably the only person on NSC) he's a far better player than Richarlison, but I think Parrish/Hodgson are hell bent on him staying against his wishes as you're awful without Zaha. Really awful. So they've set s silly valuation.
Preventing a player leaving is wrong. Coutinho wanted to go to Barca, Lukaku to ManU, VVD to Liverpool, and in the end the clubs relented.
Zaha deserves another chance at a bigger club. I think Parish/Hodgson are sly and unreasonable on this matter.
Deportivo Seagull
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The problem you have is that he has played for two clubs other than Palace and was an abject failure at both. There will be a question mark regarding his ability to adapt to a new club. £60-70m for a player who has consistently performed at more than one club is one thing, but for someone who hasn’t ..... that’s a big risk for the buying club.
At the end of the day he is only worth what someone will pay for him.
Mackenzie
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It's a tricky one, they're far more likely to be relegated if they do let him leave.
Perhaps a big pay rise and the promise of letting him go next summer will be enough?