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Decordova-Reid was out of contract at Fulham. Mavididi, Fatawu, Decordova-Reid and Ayew are 4 wingers who are all different to each other but regardless of that there's not a single team in the league that only has 2/3 wide options.

Rudkin hates Percy.

Palace fans are disappointed to be losing him.

I would argue that £5m on someone like the top scorer in the Latvian Premier League is a luxury yet it's the sort of signing that sets FoxesTalk's pulses racing. £5m for guaranteed results in the Premier League sounds like a necessity to me. We know exactly what we'll get from a player like Ayew.

Doesn't replace any of our wingers. We have Mavididi, BDCR and Fatawu that are probably Premier League standard. This probably allows us to let Alves and McAteer get 30+ games for a Championship club.

Nope, but there's absolutely no way that he's brought in because we think he's going to add goals to our side. His ability off the ball and to retain the ball is why we've got him.

Quite convinced that 90% of the bed wetters in here have never spent any time watching him play and are basing their entire opinion of him on his wikipedia page. He is exactly the sort of player you want in your team in a relegation battle and exactly the sort of character that the wasn't in the squad 15-16 months ago.

Never pushed on and was horribly exposed in the Premier League last season. Improvement on Woolfenden but doesn't get into our strongest team.

Some weren't quite as I expected! Might help a few of you.

He took one and it went about 30 yards over the bar.

Got no issue with it presuming he's not seen as the goalscorer we lack. Offers a tremendous amount off the bench or starting in the tougher matches. The only worry I have is contract length given he's 33 in a few weeks time. 2 years would be fine by me or 2 with an option of a 3rd. Think too many are looking at this as being uninteresting or unexciting and I get that because he doesn't score or assist enough but honestly a lot of you are in for a shock at just how effective he is at releasing pressure for his team. He's a ****ing nightmare to play against when you're chasing a game and bringing him off the bench in scenarios like we saw on Monday night will get him a lot of plaudits from even the most staunch Foxestalker. So yeah, he's not a goalscorer but his value is in how good he is at defending from the front. The main thing now is to make sure we get that guaranteed goal threat that can play in the 9 or the 10.

No, but we're obviously not signing Ayew for his goals and assists.

Yeah but after that successful loan it was probably just accepted that he wouldn't keep him in the Championship as opposed to Cooper not wanting him.

Cooper became Swansea manager in the summer of 2019. Ayew had spent the previous season on loan at Palace.

There's nothing to suggest he's on anything more. He signed a new deal in 2023 and by all accounts took a wage cut in exchange for an additional 2 years.

Obviously he'll be a squad player. 30k a week is good pay rise for him. The worry is the contract length we'll offer.

Which will mean we'll still be a Premier League club next season.

To anyone that thinks Alan Nixon has a clue. I bet you cn't wait to watch Graham Potter's blue army line up with the front three of Soule, Ayew and McAtee. Shame we lost Iversen to Derby though.

You won't have to worry about it if you're not going to bother though.

Exactly. He's pretty much the perfect striker for a relegation threatened team to bring off the bench in games when we're holding onto points or to start in seriously tough places to go. We absolutely do need a genuine number 9 that can be relied upon to score 10-15 goals though.

Stay at home then. That attitude will not be missed.

With Southampton and Forest playing each other, Ipswich away at Man City, Everton away at Spurs and Bournemouth playing Newcastle it's perhaps a good opportunity to get 3/4 points ahead of these clubs early doors.

I think it'll be unchanged but I have no issues with the likes of Ricardo, Mavididi or Skipp coming into the team.