Who have we been linked with we would say are marquee players?

Maybe Bats, but he would only be marquee based on his salary.. even then theres no strong links.

I dont think anyone is advocating we return to the days of buying players like Benteke and Sakho. Once Wilf, (just assuming hes going), Sakho & Benteke are off the payroll we will have more room for manoeuvre. Until then expecting that Palace can deal at top performing players at Championship level I dont think is too much to ask.

The point is some fans on here are only happy when the club pay huge amounts of money for what seem to be amazing players. And the other point being made is that we have been there and done that and it hasn’t helped the club in the long term. Spend wise...that’s what the club have to continue to do.

Edited by Hudsoneagle (18 Aug 2020 10.37am)

Do we even need any "marquee" signings? I suggest what we really need is a balanced squad in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts - in other words a team and not a collection of individuals whose egos might get in the way.

At present we need more firepower up front and attacking options from midfield (a young CB wouldn't go amiss, but we can get one of those in a future window).

Our recent additions have done well for us at minimal outlays (in PL terms) - Guaita, Ayew, McCarthy, Cahill, Tomkins and even Kouyate. It's true that some of those are short term fixes but they have played their part in keeping us comfortably in the PL. I suspect we will get a couple of more short term fixes this window but am hopeful we will pick up a couple of younger players with a longer term future in mind.

It's so easy to waste money in the PL for minimal results (think Spammers, Everton, The Weed, Bournemouth, Villa etc.)

small]Edited by doombear (18 Aug 2020 8.46am)

Not so sure people really want vast amounts of money spent on players, it's just that with 2 years or so of very low spending, we now have a very ageing and small imbalanced squad.

Positions that have been neglected like attacking midfield and another forward will likely cost more money. We perhaps have to spend 'the going rate' as freebie 30 year old's aren't going to help long term.

It's either we invest now or accept that we are likely to go down and start from scratch. I can't see us surviving with what we have. We'll be going backwards with already older players another year older.

I certainly would like to think the board know they have to spend this window. However, I suspect we'll trying to be doing last minute haggling and miss out.

When did we last have an attacking midfielder in the team? Don’t reply Cabaye as defensive midfield was his position throughout his career.