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The contract is meaningless. It will have a break clause or settlement fee built into it. Tony Bloom isn’t a mug.

Palace spent that on 1 player, see my comments on the 3 we signed, compare that to some of those that only signed 2-3 players.

Transfer fees aren’t the be all and end all. Lallana & Welbeck if under contract would be £20M+ each. Veltman also £10M+. Outside of the big clubs & promoted teams, there really wasn’t that much spent in the PL in the summer.

But given we have problems with Ali J, Locadia and maybe Maupay - thats £50M of players on the scrap heap so you can see why Bloom may be reluctant to keep throwing money in. Coupled with the clear out Potter has been responsible for - Murray ( 6 months after a new 18 month contract ), Andone...

Why does he need back up ? I’d be asking why did you bench our top scorer, the game after he scored the first time in ages

Eddie Howe, no thanks. Spent huge sums on shit players and He can’t manage ‘ego’s . Very much relies on lower league players and bringing them into the PL, rather than managing experienced pros.