The offer for Sarr was clearly testing Watfords resolve and if they had wanted or needed to sell then I have no doubt that we would have completed that purchase because £25m for Sarr would’ve been too good to not follow through with. This demonstrates we would’ve brought the right player in for the right money, even without moving any other players on.

The focus however should still be on finding the next Sarr, Zaha, Richarlison, Benrahma, Watkins or AWB, rather than paying top dollar for the finished article.

Edited by Phil’s Barber (17 Oct 2020 9.52am)

Bullhorn76 That is where you are wrong mate I have not moved myself out of the post am still very much here.

Just have noting to report, 2 players we are still very interested in can still be done up to the 16th of October so hence why no rush for them to be done today.

I still am expecting a loan deal to be done by the 16th with an obligation to buy.

Lets see how the day pans out.

Earth calling Dazza...

So we got Butland which I am pleased about but only because Stoke were desperate to get him off their books.

Watford showed us that they didn't want to let Sarr go so it was never going to happen unless somebody made a huge offer, still no harm in trying.

It occurs to me that it may not be over just yet. Now that the window has closed it is still possible that we may sign a free transfer I didn't look but have Welbeck and Wilshire signed for anyone yet?

this has become Palace norm - the windows shut but... Maybe we'll still get someone?

Hehe

Thing is there are no itk's on here, and if he would have posted links to rumour's, instead of pretending he had a source at the club, then there wouldn't be such vitriol.

I go on other clubs message board's too, and some of them have banned so called itk talk, for precisely this reason, they only allow you to put links up.