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hastingseagle67 Flag 19 May 17 11.37am Send a Private Message to hastingseagle67 Add hastingseagle67 as a friend

I was wondering which would be better for us, to recruit a player like Defoe on a free transfer but pay upwards of 100,000 in wages, or pay £20 million for the likes of Iheanacho and pay 50,000 on wages. Personally I would rather go for younger players and hope they develop, but I don't know how the figures stack up. Is it a better risk to have players on shorter contracts so if you are relegated you don't get lumbered with massive wage bills.

 


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Dan89 Flag Se25 19 May 17 12.35pm Send a Private Message to Dan89 Add Dan89 as a friend

Originally posted by hastingseagle67

I was wondering which would be better for us, to recruit a player like Defoe on a free transfer but pay upwards of 100,000 in wages, or pay £20 million for the likes of Iheanacho and pay 50,000 on wages. Personally I would rather go for younger players and hope they develop, but I don't know how the figures stack up. Is it a better risk to have players on shorter contracts so if you are relegated you don't get lumbered with massive wage bills.

The chance of Palace signing iheanacho is 0. I honestly can't see us paying out 20m on a striker especially after last season spending 30+ on Benteke. Also Connor wickham set to come back, so we probably looking at a 3rd choice striker. I personally think we look to the championship for the likes of Kodja or wood.

 


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dp Flag Tunbridge Wells 20 May 17 8.34am Send a Private Message to dp Add dp as a friend

Originally posted by hastingseagle67

I was wondering which would be better for us, to recruit a player like Defoe on a free transfer but pay upwards of 100,000 in wages, or pay £20 million for the likes of Iheanacho and pay 50,000 on wages. Personally I would rather go for younger players and hope they develop, but I don't know how the figures stack up. Is it a better risk to have players on shorter contracts so if you are relegated you don't get lumbered with massive wage bills.

I was wondering the same thing. Personally I would rather get Iheanacho, but I am not sure how realistic that is anyway. As I said on another post, if Sam can come up with a system that fits Benteke and either or in then it is a good thing to try for. Makes no sense to bring in either to warm the bench.

 

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