He may not have the funds to propel the club forward as quickly as some would like, but nobody should doubt that Parish is a shrewd character who will always seek to drive a hard bargain for Palace.
I seem to recall that he did a pretty clever deal on getting Selhurst Park and he took Pulis to the cleaners in court after Pulis tried it on with the club.
It’s evident that the club has said not one word on Olise, all the noises coming from Chelsea friendly media and possibly Olise’s camp.
I suspect the apparent collapse of the Hall deal is because he’s not prepared to roll over and be bullied by Chelsea .
We don’t know what the terms of the release clause are (if it exists) , but I’m pretty sure Chelsea will have to meet it in full , whether it’s full payment up front or with a sell on provision etc.
I recall Zaha trying to force moves to Spurs, Arsenal and Everton in his time but they never materialised as Parish held firm.
This is not to say Olise will not depart if there is a release clause , but there may be a few twists and turns yet.

It does look that way a little. Possibly not a bad idea from our perspective if this kid is as good as everyone thinks and it looked like he wanted to come here. Although they’re bound to try and shoehorn some s***ty buy back clause into the deal.

I wonder how the release clause would deal with a player swap plus cash - the other player's value would be a matter of opinion and Parish could argue that the offer is worth less than the required £35m. So Chelsea would have to offer at least £35m in cash.

Edited by maddog (16 Aug 2023 10.05pm)

I've got this similar feeling that it isn't as cut and dry as everyone thinks. All of this seems to have come from a single French journalist and the media has just carried it on.

That being said, I don't want to start thinking he might stay as, the second I do, he'll go.