Agree,its all very underwhelming and even though much money has been saved on the wages bill,would not be surprised to see 2/3 frees or loan signings only.

Why the surprise? If they remake Groundhog Day it will star Steve Parish as a wannabe football chairman stuck making no signings and employing the same manager time after time again and again...

I sus[ect that the problem with Hudson-Odoi is his wages (rumoured to be 120K). In our set up, he's not worth that kind of money and we can't afford to raise our other players' wages to be in line with his or better.

We will probably end up with Gray and Franca and perhaps a loan (Summerville? Leeds may appreciate us giving him PL exposure next season for when they hope to return the following year)/L

You cannot bring a player in who would not be our best player and put him as top wage earner, disaster for team morale

“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

I agree with Lanzo. Another good example would be Loftus-Cheek. He was easily available for money we could afford…I think he went for £13m. But he’d have been on as much as or more than Wilf. I think the highest earner at the club is now on £90k a week. I’d imagine the club have decided that’s our ceiling, or their abouts. So players already on far more than that will have to be very very special players/cases.

Paying Hudson-Adoi £100k a week for a player that’s proven less than the wingers we already have…that’s double the wages of Olise…it doesn’t seem to fit well for us.

Callum Hudson-Odoi is currently earning £120k a week at Chelsea. Would I like him at Palace? Yeah all day long. Do I think it’s a good idea to have him in the squad earning over double the wages as Eze and Olise? No, I think that’s a bad idea.