Wasn’t even on the bench today which suggests to me that he won’t be here next season

Yeah, it seems it has already been done for 4 million. I know Roy really wanted him, gave the go ahead. I don't know....seems like a waste of money to pay 4 million for a player who's gonna be 28 at the start of next season. It's too much money for someone who is at best 4th choice striker in a normal world. Like....why replace Fraizer Campbell with Jordan Ayew just to pay 4 million more?! It's basically the same type of player. And...dare I say it, Fraizer would have scored somewhat better in my opinion.

Maybe I'm being harsh and Jordan is regarded as someone who can play on the wings too. But he has had little success on the wings in his recent years and Roy has never used him there this season.

Better than the original 15 million Swansea was asking, but still too much in my opinion. It's not like every other possibility of 4th choice striker in the world had just evaporated and it was only Jordan Ayew left. I mean...someone like Derby paid like 3 million for 24 year old Jack Marriott, a player of similar speed. Not saying that he is PL material, but better than paying 4 million on a 28 year old who doesn't score at all.

Somewhere there....you could have found a dozen other players than Jordan for this position. Off the top of my head I can name Max Kruse (30 yo, top 10 strikers in Germany and out of contract), Finnbogasson (30 yo, just 1 more year of contract with Augsburg), Lucas Perez (30 yo, probably with no fee from West Ham), Lucas Joao from Sheffield (24 yo, for about 5 million), Roger Assale for Young Boys (25 yo, for about 6 million), Moussa Kone from Dynamo Dresden (23 yo, for about 4 million), Habib Diallo from Metz (23 yo for about 5 million), David Okereke from Spezia (21 yo for about 7 million)....

I guess RH and his team who see him training every week with the rest of the squad sees him as a bargain squad player at the price.
The coaching staff are not inexperienced and know the value of a player to a specific squad when they see one. There maybe others of the same price out there but as Palace fans we trust our management team and their valuation of the players. COYP

They're not renown squad builders and transfer experts either.

I really don't think 80 years old (pun intended) Roy knows anything more than players from England, Sweden and Switzerland, where he worked.

Edited by mattteo (18 May 2019 9.28pm)

Ridiculous statement. His vast experience alone makes him more knowledgeable

It has always been my understanding that the loan for Ayew was basically a deferred payment; that he effectively signed for us but due to FFP we had him on"loan" for the first part of it.