I remember seeing somewhere that his parents are his agent, are extremely involved in his development and drive a very hard bargain. I can imagine they’re not being very flexible with a readjustment of the release clause. The fact he has had personal terms agreed with Chelsea for a while does suggest that his parents have forced our hand. It’s a hard lesson, it’s all good and well buying young talent and selling them on for a profit but the club has to be well compensated for taking the risk. On a positive note, it has happened with time still left in the window so hopefully we can bring someone in? Not likely but possible.

Edited by Bazinda (15 Aug 2023 6.33pm)

Apparently,has removed any past linkage to Palace on social media so will sign for Chelsea faster than a rat deserting a sinking ship,having already agreed personal terms.

When we bought Olise for £8m I remember the release clause set at £35m thinking well if we ever get that it will be good business.
Two years on, with the Middle East investing heavily in football, transfer fees have shot up and suddenly £35m is a joke.
Benefit of hindsight. I certainly can't blame the club for this. Who would ever have thought the Saudis would kick in as they have.
The worst bit is, we have lost two of our most exciting players so we will struggle to get the same entertainment.
Look at Haaland, he had a release clause in Germany of £50m.
Some smart agents out there sussed this out a few years back.

So we will get £35m whoever buys him. If Man City come on strong, Olise is going to be a very rich young lad sadly not us.

With the new offside laws just round the corner, what we need now are some super fast youngsters up front. They will get an extra metre and still be onside. That is huge.

Olise is guile not speed. Buy speed Dougie its where the game is heading.

However we dress this up, it is crap for the club.
Olise is a great little player and his type makes football worth watching. Yet another massive loss along with Bissaka and of course Zaha.

The potential to have team that can actually go places evaporates once again with the big greedy clubs wrecking the chances for the smaller ones. It makes you wonder why we bother to invest so much effort supporting a club.

No doubt he will be replaced with someone inferior or not at all.
I suspect a bottom 6 finish for us now. Without great wingers, we are bang average going forward. Let's hope we can keep Eze, Doucoure and Andersen, or we will be in big trouble.

Best hope now is that City come in with a bid to push the price up. Olise would surely prefer to play for Pep than Poch and in the Champions League next year. Wouldn’t begrudge him that if we got a fair value for him.