Palace had to make a gamble on selling Winnie in January for more than what he was really worth and also go for promotion. Putting off the decision until the end of the season meant they were still playing Deal or No Deal and could have ended up with offers only coming in from clubs like Stoke...
You're probably unaware that NSC has been attracting a lot of traffic from China over the past few weeks. Yesterday it was hacked and infected with malware and scamware.