Transfer Rumour Wilifred Zaha - January Transfer Thread

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Eggsyblueskin said:
Changing your mind doesn’t invalidate a contract.
He could have negotiated a shorter contact, or inserted a release clause but that would have meant accepting a lower wage.
He chose the money.
Tough.
Contracts are intended to be binding that is their purpose ,in general life as well as football.
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His agent cocked up - but no doubt they had a gentlemans agreement and the club have messed him around.

Its like Richarlison signing a new contract with the club agreeing to let him go if a fair price comes in. Barca offer £100 million and we say no sorry a fair price to us is £180 million.

I cant see how you can blame Zaha for that and not Palace for being unreasonable. They have Billionaire owners yet choose to just do enough to stay up every year - dont hold a players career back who has given you decent service in those circumstances imo.
 

Eggsyblueskin said:
Changing your mind doesn’t invalidate a contract.
He could have negotiated a shorter contact, or inserted a release clause but that would have meant accepting a lower wage.
He chose the money.
Tough.
Contracts are intended to be binding that is their purpose ,in general life as well as football.
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Zaha’s agent is at fault not Zaha himself. Should have inserted a reasonable release clause in his contract.
 
rochdaleblue said:
Zaha’s agent is at fault not Zaha himself. Should have inserted a reasonable release clause in his contract.
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No my guy. If you think Zaha wasnt told the info contained in his contract before he signed it youre just being silly. He chose the money over ‘freedom’, which is fine. Id probably do the same. No reason to pretend his agent did him dirty behind his back tho.
 
No question he’s a good player (on his day very good).
No question he would improve our squad.

The question is Price. He’s priced himself out by extending his contract. His choice.

I hope the club stand firm. £25M. Not a penny more. If Zaha really wants the move, he will have to sort that with Palace, forego his “loyalty bonuses” etc.. & force the move.
Any talk of £40M is utterly ridiculous!
 
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Can't really blame Palace, we'd expect the same of Everton, if we sold one of our best players as the season started for fee that wasn't ridiculously overpriced people would have serious questions over what the club were thinking. There's absolutely no reason for them to sell Zaha if they only get enough money in to replace him with a single player themselves, they already know he will win them games this season.

Unfortunately for them they know he wants to go but the current Covid world means the high price tag they've put on him is just not realistic anymore, no-one is going to want to spend the kind of money they want when the season could easily end if there was a spike in cases with players and games are constantly postponed. They're obviously trying to drive some interest in a sale but it doesn't look like anyone is biting.
 

Eggsyblueskin said:
Changing your mind doesn’t invalidate a contract.
He could have negotiated a shorter contact, or inserted a release clause but that would have meant accepting a lower wage.
He chose the money.
Tough.
Contracts are intended to be binding that is their purpose ,in general life as well as football.
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Nobody mentioned invalidating a contract either?? He could still be contracted to Palace, but have changed his mind in the 3 years since he made that statement? Thats what I'm getting at.
 
blaze said:
Can't really blame Palace, we'd expect the same of Everton, if we sold one of our best players as the season started for fee that wasn't ridiculously overpriced people would have serious questions over what the club were thinking. There's absolutely no reason for them to sell Zaha if they only get enough money in to replace him with a single player themselves, they already know he will win them games this season.

Unfortunately for them they know he wants to go but the current Covid world means the high price tag they've put on him is just not realistic anymore, no-one is going to want to spend the kind of money they want when the season could easily end if there was a spike in cases with players and games are constantly postponed. They're obviously trying to drive some interest in a sale but it doesn't look like anyone is biting.
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Agree with what you are saying but it is very difficult to keep an unsettled player happy and playing well. If Zaha stays at Palace and has a poor season his contribution may not be enough to justify keeping him and his price, when he eventually sold, will be even less. Difficult conundrum for all.......
 
Nyhus said:
No my guy. If you think Zaha wasnt told the info contained in his contract before he signed it youre just being silly. He chose the money over ‘freedom’, which is fine. Id probably do the same. No reason to pretend his agent did him dirty behind his back tho.
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I’m sure he will have done, but any decent agent would have inserted a release clause in his contract. I wonder if he’s still with the same agent.
 
Seeing Hodgson’s post match comments about him it’s clear he is still determined to leave and palace want to sell. They’ve screwed themselves over and should have taken the 50m they were offered last year. The best they can hope now is 25-30m tops and maybe a player in exchange. No one is paying top wack for Zaha now regardless of how important he is to them.
 

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