It sounds like he had a £35m release fee when he first signed but it's unclear whether that has been subsequently upped.Sounds like tittle tattle to me. Three years left on his contract. Palace won't let him go anywhere unless the price is stupid and apparently, Chelsea won't pay stupid prices this window. His agent will know that such rumours have previously earned Zaha very generous new contracts from a short termist board always looking over its shoulder, panicked that one bad season will bring down the house of cards permanently..
Since selling Wan Bissaka, which helped them make a 5m profit, Palace have made a cumulative 120m loss over seasons 19/20, 20/21 and 21/22; and they didn’t do anything last year (eg make a significant sale or finish higher than their usual 11th-14th) to suggest that they won’t make another 20-30m loss. The owners aren’t go to carry on covering these losses forever, particularly with old stands falling down that they’ll eventually need to replace.Sounds like tittle tattle to me. Three years left on his contract. Palace won't let him go anywhere unless the price is stupid and apparently, Chelsea won't pay stupid prices this window. His agent will know that such rumours have previously earned Zaha very generous new contracts from a short termist board always looking over its shoulder, panicked that one bad season will bring down the house of cards permanently..
Since selling Wan Bissaka, which helped them make a 5m profit, Palace have made a cumulative 120m loss over seasons 19/20, 20/21 and 21/22; and they didn’t do anything last year (eg make a significant sale or finish higher than their usual 11th-14th) to suggest that they won’t make another 20-30m loss. The owners aren’t go to carry on covering these losses forever, particularly with old stands falling down that they’ll eventually need to replace.
By the way, is there any midfielder in Europe who Chelsea aren’t ‘interested’ in?
There were reports last year that they had removed it. As you suggest, if they haven't, he'd be a bargain and I expect others would be sniffing around....It sounds like he had a £35m release fee when he first signed but it's unclear whether that has been subsequently upped.
If it hasn't, then the price won't be stupid at all. Wouldn't that be a shame?
Nope. It’s bollocks. Find a possibly ‘trending’ midfielder and link him to (a) Chelsea or (b) any other top six set of wankpuffins.Funny the way posters pick and choose when to believe Romano.
I don’t think you need to be all in or out with Fab.Funny the way posters pick and choose when to believe Romano.