If that's true, that's the real issue.....buying players because the manager wants them! Of course, there could be a lot more to it (eg: Palace's own data on these players could have been really positive). But buying players for a particular manager is the road to ruin. Our model is, of course, very different (but loads of clubs now have a data-driven approach). And when a manager seeks to get their own players (eg:RDZ) it will only end in tears.Anderson wanted palace to match Fulham’s £150 k per week and contract length ( 5 years??) they were not prepared to do that,but Ayew was very underrated and hardly used by Glasner.
I do blame the manager he got the players he asked for and his star player is gash. Palace have always managed so far with 16/17 premier players and as I said on paper this looks the strongest squad we have ever had.