Exactly. Maybe. You don't know.

Neither do you on that one. But what I do know is having 3 months to sign ONE striker which was an emergency and signing NONE is inexcusable.

COYP

This is correct answer, In this country payments are normally structured over contract length. However his club wanted a quicker payment

It doesn't matter really because the real error was not keeping Campbell who'd be banging em in for fun, keeping Benteke out of the team when fit and us not missing Benteke when injured.

With Campbell we'd be well clear and where Dyche's Burnley are.

COYP

Another person who has switched off their ironydar methinks.

The Besiktas President claims they were happy in the end with the fee and the payment plan. Problem was we came in with that offer on our deadline and a week before theirs. They did not believe it gave them enough time to source the replacement the wanted/needed so they scrapped the deal. Palace were simply too late to come up with what Besiktas wanted.
Standard transfers in England (and most of northern Europe) are half the fee up front with the other half paid in installments/linked to player or club achievements etc over a time frame that the selling club is in agreement with.
Of course there are always exceptions but its rare a buying club will part with the entire transfer fee all up front for a player. Unless you have the money of a Man City or Man United. Its even rare for them to pay 100% up front.