Ooof, swap for Antony then.
Michael Olise
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Would be an obvious target, if he could had for a reasonable fee. Somewhere near £50-60m could be good business. He would instantly improve us.
The price will be key. I'd say Palace will look for over 80m though. One to keep an eye on though definitely.
He's the best available on the market for what the team needs.
He's release clause will set you back £80M apparently.
Worth every penny of £80m, magician.
Absurd talent.
I hope Palace take whoever tries to sign him to the cleaners.
I hope Palace take whoever tries to sign him to the cleaners.
Oh. Well, obviously it has to be weighed against the other areas where we need to improve. He might still be worth it.
Another player Chelsea let get away.
After seeing Antony again today? I think you're right.
Just saw him on MOTD. What a performance.
Everything that Antony is not.
Everything that Antony is not.
He is young, English and proven in EPL. 80m is the going rate.
Ended up with Palmer as an alternative though. Not a bad trade-off if you ask me.
He is French.
No release clause?
He’s English for these purposes. Born in London and spent all his football life in England. Can still also play for England as it stands.
How much for Olise this summer and how much more for us to include Antony the other way?
I think he'll be at City by the end of next summer.
He is as much Nigerian as he is French, really should be playing for England though, he’s background is no different from Saka, born and raised in London.
Thiink it's the playing for England, or future England player aspect that brings about the English tax though?
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Where are people getting 80 million from?
Really rate him - Looks to be taking it up a level this season too
His nickname should be "Shonz".
He's not worth £80 million guys. That's way over the top. We'd be repeating the same mistakes if we did this.
Maybe we can do a swap with Antony!
He’s the kind of player Pep buys just so he doesn’t end up at a rival.
How do the Palace fans rate him? Seems he very good in the final third and not one for working for the team out of possession in my opinion, not that I watch Palace games unless it's against us.
A par price for him would be what city paid for Doku - in terms of age, ability, potential he is in the same ballpark. That’s circa £55-60m.
Unfortunately he will be subject to the EPL tax that comes with all of these high performing players at midtable clubs where they extract maximum value for their saleable assets.
So though I can’t see any info online re what his buyout clause is set at, I’d assume they’ve added 20m on top of that - I reckon somewhere in the £80m region is what someone would expect to pay.
The problem is if he flops for whatever reason (injuries, attitude, poor manager, played out of position, etc etc) then you’ve got another Sancho on your hands. So it’s a risk. Gone are the days where you’d spend 30-50m and write off the cost If they didn’t perform. It’s a lottery.
Unfortunately he will be subject to the EPL tax that comes with all of these high performing players at midtable clubs where they extract maximum value for their saleable assets.
So though I can’t see any info online re what his buyout clause is set at, I’d assume they’ve added 20m on top of that - I reckon somewhere in the £80m region is what someone would expect to pay.
The problem is if he flops for whatever reason (injuries, attitude, poor manager, played out of position, etc etc) then you’ve got another Sancho on your hands. So it’s a risk. Gone are the days where you’d spend 30-50m and write off the cost If they didn’t perform. It’s a lottery.
They think he's shite.
The buyout clause was £35 million according to every report I saw. Then he extended his contract.
Why couldn’t you have both?
I swear Chelsea could have sold an 18 year old Messi for a tenner and the fans would find some logic to it.
Because we are famously very frugal with our spending and £35 million is a lot.
yes, I meant his new buyout clause. Lots of info that it becomes active next summer, but not what it is. I’d assume it’s set somewhere around the £80m mark. Par price should prob be £50-60m. At the prior £35m clause he was a steal.
because Boehly preferred engaging in a dick measuring contest with John Henry and spending £170m on two defensive midfielders one of whom has yet to play rather than addressing his glaring deficiencies upfront after nkunku got injured.
They are stylistically very similar to be fair and play in the same position. Usually you'd want two players that offer something a bit different competing with eachother. We also have Madueke there who would probably have to leave in some capacity for Olise to join.
Reckon he'll go to City as some others have suggested.
He'll go to Liverpool to replace Salah when the scousers sell him to Saudis for 100m+ pounds.
If not them, then City, probably. We are not in this race, unfortunately, thanks to spending absolutely ridiculous amount of money on Antony, who was "supposed" to be our right wing solution.
If not them, then City, probably. We are not in this race, unfortunately, thanks to spending absolutely ridiculous amount of money on Antony, who was "supposed" to be our right wing solution.
Be nice to have both, but that may be regarded as greedy.
I still think we would have gone for Palmer. I know people listed him as a replacement option when Palace used that ridiculous blackmail stunt to stop our move, but it was a similar situation to Lavia: the people that had helped recruit and oversee their careers from an early age were here and pushing for their addition.
We finally pulled the trigger on Caicedo asannnddd then still brought in Lavia.
He would be an excellent addition to any team.
Curious how his brother is coming along at academy.
Olise is cheaper and has more potential.