As astutely observed I also think this is a fabricated story in terms of realistic interest.

He's an excellent tackler, if flawed going forward.

His is way over-priced, both when we sold him and even now at half the price.

In my view the bulk of our spending for next season needs to go into midfield.

Edited by Stirlingsays (28 Apr 2022 7.14pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

you seem to have some sort of inferiority complex with me, just chill a bit, I'm sure it will do you good, old boy

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

AWB was a star for us and in the early part of his Man Utd career he was great. Once United started to fall apart so did his performances. Personally I just question whether he has the character to be a big club player as I think he has the ability. If the new manager comes in and puts his arm around him and tells him he trusts him then he'll shine next season. I think he'd be great back at Palace and I would be more than happy to see him back.

Having said that, the only way I see him coming back to Palace is on loan, but even then it probably depends on whether Ferguson can ever stay fit (which looks increasingly unlikely). In terms of buying him, would United really take less than £20m+ for him and would Palace really pay that much for a full-back? I doubt it. Clubs our size only really spend that sort of money on creative players.

A cracking start to his career but his progress seems to have stalled of late, struggling to win his place back from Walker-Peters (who was another player who would probably have improved us for a minimal outlay).

Edit: just had a quick check and Livramento has done his ACL and could be out until 2023.

Edited by taylors lovechild (29 Apr 2022 9.12am)

*you're. Always happy to help a budding author. Crayons are in the post.

Jackson.. Wan Bissaka.... Sansom.. Nicholas.. Cannon.. Guehi.... Zaha... Thomas.. Byrne... Holton.. Rogers.. that should do it..

Yeah he'll be out for a long time with that one.

But shows that even in this age of crazy money, if you are prepared to take a risk with kids there are some amazing value transfers out there. £5m for a 19 year old that has started 28 prem games this season.

I can only presume we didn't go in for him as we were putting our chips on Ferguson.