Fair play to Palace. Credit where it is due. We all laugh at their over the top claims regarding the ability of their young players, but they have a history of actually getting people to believe the hype. These stats are just one example of that. They suggest (prove?) that Zaha is a pretty...
With a young player like this, its all about selling at the right time.
If Palace cling on to Zaha beyond January, then they risk losing out big time. Given that over the course of his career he's actually scored about ten goals and set up a handful of others, his 'value' is based almost...
This is true, to an extent.
The issue seems to be, that currently 'your terms' means drastically overstating his worth. Its irrelevant how many times you state that he's 'worth £10m' or state as FACT that he's 'the best player outside the Premier League'. Its simply and flatly not true.
You'll...
a. Parish is a perrenial bullshitter.
b. Circumstances change. We sold Zamora for £1.5m having previously turned down a higher figure, for example. If you are skint, and Zaha decides he wants to leave, make no mistake, the football world will KNOW you're skint, and will KNOW he wants out, and...
In fairness he is very quick (no quicker than KLL) and has a bit of hype surrounding him, plus a few U-21 caps to his name. Someone might pay £2-3m based on potential - in the view that they can progress him better and quicker at their own club.
You forget, that we've heard it all SO many times before.
Bostock is the best young player outside the Prem. He'll only leave for a top 4 club, for TEN MILLION POUNDS.
£500k to mid table Spurs.
Moses is the best young player outside the Prem. He'll only leave for a top 4 club, for TEN MILLION...
It doesn't matter how many times you repeat this - it doesn't make it true.
If 14 Premiership sides wanted him, one of them would simply buy the kid. Its really that simple. They wouldn't be put off by your inflated £5m price tag either (if he was THAT good) - even middling Prem clubs like...
Nice to see your judgement isn't clouded by a lucky win, courtesy of a couple of cheap penalties.
I expect you were one of the 'faithful' who booed Dougie off at half time...
Come on people. Edna's set the challenge. Can we photoshop that HAIR onto anything or anybody else, that would look MORE ridiculous than Parish himself?
(seems like a challenge best suited to a work day, than a Sunday, mind...)