I would imagine IF Parish were pinning all his hopes on getting Gallagher it is not 'unlikely to happen', you know, what with him knowing just a tad more about whats going on behind the scenes than you do.
For what its worth a very good friend of mine (Chelsea fan who lives close to the Gallagher family in Bookham and shares a season ticket with Conor's uncle) tells me Gallagher (despite loving his time at Palace) has closed that chapter and now has little interest in returning to Palace either on loan or permanently. He currently feels he has a future at Chelsea but if sold will only leave for a top half team or will go abroad. We wont see Conor Gallagher in a Palace shirt again

We missed out on gibbs white.

Edited by jabber (13 Jan 2023 5.02pm)

Would you have paid £40m plus for him? There's no way our owners would. I believe we may have been interested in him up to the £20-25m mark but not when teh stakes went higher.

Nottm For paid £25 Mill rising up to £42.5 Mill with add-ons.

Willo, of course technically you are right but in my view if you refuse to negotiate or consider your negotiating position then to all intents and purposes you are telling the person on the other side of the table that he's not valuable enough to compromise your beliefs which, effectively, is saying "if we have to change our position to keep you, then you're surplus to requirements".

And in Kouyate's case, saying "it's my way or the highway" was a horribly bad decision that is now coming back to haunt us. Had we replaced both Kouyate AND Gallager with Doucoure and someone else, that would be less the case and I'd be more sympathetic to your view but as things stand now, the club clearly thought saving a few quid was more important than strengthening (actually, simply maintaining) the side. That's the sort of behaviour from owners that loses you good managers sooner or later, usually sooner.

The 2021 summer window was a triumph. The 2022 summer window is looking like the opposite.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

You are apparently one of many people who misunderstand Doucoure. Doucoure is the creative midfielder, the one who can get forward and play a pass or shoot from distance. But without a Kouyate in midfield with him to play the sitting role, he can't (and hasn't been able to) get forward for us. On the rare occasions he has got up the pitch, you can see his potential to make things happen going forward, but his role in the team doesn't allow him to use those skills to the full. That is why letting Kouyate go was such an awful idea; it has held back our biggest summer signing.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.