Welcome back Dazza.
I think that if the recruitment is right i.e. as in the case of Guehi, Olise & Eze then the players can and will improve with their time at Palace (reflecting the good coaching and first team premier league experience) This in return means the players value will rise.
I suspect as a club we will from time to time (and lets say it is once every couple of seasons) we cash in on one of these type of players to help balance the books and provide funds to invest in similar players for the future.
We are not always going to get things right with the recruitment but as long as we get more right than wrong this should hold us in good stead for the future.
It looks like the academy is attracting good players so in time we will get a couple of these making it into the first team squad.
Having said this it still does not feel good to see the likes of Guehi potentially moving on. He was my player of the season last year and i thought he was becoming a very dominant defender and it was hard to remember the last time an attacker got the better of him.

Being told that there is still a very strong chance that Wilf will be signing a new deal now 60/40 he is staying.

This week will be big depends if any other offers come to the table.

So, Lanzo, what would you say to a deal with Arsenal that sees Guehi going there and Nketiah AND Nelson coming to us? We sell Mateta to Genoa. We spend what money we have on whichever CB Freedman feels is our best option?

I would take Nketaih and 30m, Nelson is available (at the moment) for a free, you dont get many chances for a bidding war that we have, its no good saying he is only 22, he is the best young English CD at the moment, in 2 years time another couple of young CDs may come along, and then Guehi´s price drops dramatically, you have to act while he is hot property or you miss the boat.

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Well, if staying with us is going to be a 'better than nothing' decision by Wilf, I'd like to see the club turn round and say 'well yes, we'd love you to stay but the offer has now dropped to £xxx per week lower than what was on the table if you stayed 'cos you wanted to'....... it's called negotiation folks!

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Absolutely Becky. There has to be a price to be paid for deciding to stay simply because there are no better offers on the table.