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Palace being linked with a player Newcastle and Juventus can't afford? Strange things are afoot.

I think I said earlier in the thread that paying £5m for half a season of Phillips would be mad. Or if I didn't, I meant to.

Either way I've changed my mind. Keeping in mind that each position in the PL is worth a reported £2.2m, is Phillips worth 2 extra positions for us? I reckon he probably would be, think he'd suit us absolutely perfectly.

If he keeps us up he's worth £5m about 20 times over.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

He isn't that good is he . Can't get a sniff of a game at city with Pep preferring to blood kids when he is short staffed .They only signed him to increase their English players and cover for Rodri who they are having to play in every game because Phillips is so poor
Had England had any another manager but Southgate he wouldn't be anywhere near an England cap , he is Southgates Calton Palmer .

£5M loan fee ,they are having a laugh , just paying all his wages would be a stretch .He is a basic defensive midfielder that should go back to Leeds on a free , its about his level .

I think initially he is not going to be the same player we remember when he was at his best (if he was he would be getting game time at City) Part of the discussion will need to be
a) is he ever going to get back to that level (possibly due to injury etc)
b) if he can get back to his best how long will this take? If it is just down to lack of game time then the risk i think will be worth it.
He is in my opinion a perfect replacement for Doucoure. He reads the game so well and is very comfortable on the ball.

Only what everyone's been saying about the cost, so let's hope there is a ring of truth to this . . . [Link]

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.