If Aston Villa are after Dembele at Lyon, whose contract is up at the end of the season, then surely as Lyon are part of the Textor Foursome surely we have first dibs

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Exactly all this nonsense about multi ownership benefits. If Palace want him and so do another he will be sold to the highest bidder.

It's what's good for Textor not necessarily Palace.

One more point

Textor would try to get Olise as part of the deal.

In Viera’s post game interview he makes it clear he wants two players in . We need two players in. And Parish, and Dougie, are working on it. Well at least , whether they get two or not, the support hasn’t been imagining the problem all season.

It's entirely reasonable as there are two loan domestic long-term loan slots, let alone foreign loans. There are quality players all over the world available on loan. I suggest Dougie drives a bit further than Sainsburys carpark.
Am I the only one who thinks our recruitment team amateurish? It reminds me of big Ron and Coppell driving around - only not as effective. I'm presuming it's just Dougie on an electric scooter randomly attending reserve games off of various A roads. That's what it seems like. At least we're not West Ham whose recruitment team consists entirely of a Private Detective following Dougie.

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So to summarise, the "confirmed" rumours that I can find (such as they are) with a week to go in the window appear to be:

Haji Wright (buy)
Conor Gallagher (loan or buy)
AWB (loan or buy)

and the confirmed outgoing rumours (first-team players only) appear to be:

Mateta

Not saying any of the above are likely/unlikely, but there seems to be some validity to them in all cases. Can anyone else add to this list?

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