As opposed to Iheanacho, Batshuayi has been a starter for Marseille a long time and he was amazing. Hence why Chelsea bought him for 30+million

I know Benteke is having a bad season but I would prefer him over Batshuayi. I think for a club like Palace , 25-30 million needs to guarantee goals and he doesn’t. Yes, he could do but it’s a bit of a gamble. I’d rather take the punt on Big Ben for one more season to turn around.

I think the previous poster made a great point. When you look at Slimani and Iheanacho, we would have loved them at the start of the season, but they’ve not pulled up any trees.

Despite Benteke’s faults (and there's lots), he just needs to get his confidence up.

There’s a reason their football has been so limited. I go to lots of Leicester games and they are both shocking players. Iheanacho has no real pace (I whitnessed live him being out paced by Jonathan Walters which is no mean feet) and despite the goals at city which were tap-ins, his all round play ain’t great. Apart from score for city, he never did anything else. Now he has to work harder and move...it’s no surprise he hardly makes the bench

Slimiani is better and god loves a tryer. He gives his all every week, but he is the Algerian Frazier Campbell.

We need goals and Benteke has proved he can get them. We just need patience through the next thousand minutes (Big eyes emoji)

We need another striker, not swapping one.

Ultimately you can read any of the fans forums or pundits opinions to see what people think of Batshuayi, or alternatively you can watch him and see that he spends all game making pointless flicks and tricks, doesn’t pressurise defenders and doesn’t make anywhere near enough dangerous runs. His ability isn’t in question as a finisher, he obviously can finish chances, but the reason Conte wants him gone is because he doesn’t work for the team. Conte is like Roy in that he likes players sticking to their task and the sum of the team getting the result. That’s how he has got the best out of players like Moses and Christenson.

If you have watched a single game this season under Roy you would know that everyone has a role in the team that they rigidly stick to apart from Zaha who has a somewhat freer role. And while Benteke has not managed to hit any kind of form, hasn’t managed to score or create much, (an assist here and there and one goal against Leicester is all), he has stuck to his task pretty well in terms of positioning and helping the teams shape. He is part of a resurgent palace while personally out of form and looking shot of confidence with missed chances when he is in the right area. He isn’t playing well enough that’s obvious to anyone with half a brain even mattteo, but swapping him for a showboater with a far worse work ethic would be madness.

At last a voice of reason. The abuse CB gets from those around me when he stays on halfway line and doesn't chase down defenders when they have the ball near their own area, do people not think that he is playing to instructions rather than just being out and out lazy? Dont get me wrong he is having a poor season and I do believe patience with him is wearing thin but those that call him crap (Matteo) are, in my opinion, talking out their a****