There has never been a better time to be a palace player. For Olise let’s see if we can hold on to him, no doubt the club will do all they can.

As for him turning down Chelsea, I don’t believe that and time will reveal all….it will be a great shame when he does go.

I hope Guehi finally cements the CB spot for England, he is a wonderful defender, have a great tournament Guehi and let’s get max profit from his sale to fund our summer. Hopefully it’s enough to persuade others to stay including Mateta and Eze. Top 4 or top 6 is achievable

According to this article [Link] (that includes an interview with a "football finance expert" ) that was posted the other day, we probably have around a 60m budget for players this summer without any sales. If true we're under no pressure to sell and it would all be down to contract clauses or whether we get any crazy offers.

My gut feeling is that if one of Eze or Olise goes then they'll both go, as to me it seems like their friendship is important to them wanting to stay. Alan Nixon (Palace supporting) journalist was quoted yesterday as saying right now Olise would be happier to stay at Palace than go elsewhere.

Edited by taylors lovechild (02 Jun 2024 9.34am)

The club has dug a hole for themselves. They have quite a few overpaid & underperforming players whose wages most other clubs can't afford. The only reason a player would leave CP to go to Man U is wages. I personally believe that if Palace can hold onto their players they will finish above Man U this season.

About 30 minutes ago I saw a clickbait article reporting personal terms had been agreed with UTD, so I guess it falls into the "make of it what you will" category.

But yes it does seem as though the natural order of things is a bit skewwhiff here, although if its got any truth on it Chelsea would probably just say , we were going to buy him a year ago & we know what he wanted then, so we already know we can afford anything he is likely to ask for now.

His RC is, apparently very complicated and this rumour seems to have been started by a Clickbait site. Last year Palace threatened Chelsea with legal action over the way they “ approached” this matter. Seems this is a rehash. Also was there not suggestions that only CL clubs could activate it? May be wrong there
. Why would Olise want to go to that basket case of a club? He doesn’t give the impression he is all about money at this stage of his career.

IF Chelsea have agreed terms one assumes they will have intimated their willingness to meet the release clause terms - assuming they qualify. Logic suggests such intimation would be given to Palace and perhaps - I don't know for sure - they are then free to sound him/his advisors out. Surely they wouldn't risk a wrap on the knuckles after last time.
The rub I suggest is their discussing scheduling the payments - I doubt we will be up for that. He's a Man U. fan it would seem. They have a better cashflow/FFP situation, so that would be more likely unless Pep or Arteta take a shine to him.
All that said I wouldn't rule out another year with us. I've said my money is on Eze departing.