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Spurs rival Liverpool for Bolasie as Crystal Palace slap 20m price tag on winger

ButchCassidy

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Crystal Palace will have to fight off Tottenham as well as Liverpool in order to keep Yannick Bolasie.

Read the full article at Mirror
 

UbeAstard

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Yes please! Hopefully if theres any truth the guy is settled in London.
 

chinaman

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Goals return is marginally better than Lennon. Not sure of other areas like crosses and assists.
 

double0

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I like his pace but doesn't score enough goals imo no improvement on Lennon.
 

Davious

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One of my favourite players in the PL at the minute. I don't think £20m is a wise purchase unless we can shift a few of Poch's rejects
 

shelfmonkey

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Flavour of the month?!! We all know our record with types!
 

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http://www.espnfc.com/crystal-palac...ew-wants-big-bucks-for-winger-yannick-bolasie

Democratic Republic of Congo star Bolasie joined Palace for around £400,000 from Bristol City in 2012 but has risen steadily in standing ever since. Last week, Pardew slapped a £20-million price tag on the 25-year-old's head with Liverpool circling; now he has casually bandied about figures three times as high.

"I'll sell Yannick if someone wants to give me £40 million to £60 million, somewhere in there, that would be good," Pardew said. "I'll take it and we'll build the team around that money. Every player has a price, of course."


Haha... mad. A hat trick against a terrible Sunderland side and suddenly his name is mentioned alongside Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs, and fees of 20-40-60m.

Contract is up in 2017, maybe that's the reason ;)
 

Shirtfront

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while I have no real view on this chap (although am always sceptical of "come from nowhere" stories in a modern world where scouting and the market are so efficient) - it is obvious to all that we lack any kind of pace in attack. As with AVB, we have developed a ponderous style heavily loaded with possession but with very little threat. Inverted "wingers" couple with a one up front who, as much as we love him, does not stretch a defence or get in behind mean that the game is played with most of the opposition in front of us.

Poch's reluctance to play Townsend and his willingness to offload Lennon show that this is a deliberate strategy - since they are our two quickest wingers. Clearly he values end product (where both are weak) over creating the chance in the first place.

That is great when it works. But it leaves us looking a little static when it doesn't.
 

shelfboy68

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As soon as the zero was added on behind the two i realised we wouldnt be in the running for him so next.
 
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