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£5m really isn't much these days. We invest a lot more in younger players £23m Skipp (23) £17m Fatawu (20) £14m Okoli (23) £9m Cannon (20) £8m Hermansen (24) £4m Golding (18) To me, £5m for a tried and tested player who can play in a number of positions is good business. I have a good feeling he'll work out. Anyway back on topic, I've never heard of this Moroccan lad but if he's as good as people make out he'd be a great signing!

Appreciate the frustration at lost targets, but we have signed plenty of exciting young players in the last 12 months. Fatawu (20), Hermansen (24), Skipp (23), Okoli (23), Cannon (20) and Golding (18) all on permanents, as well as Doyle (19), Casadei (20) and Buononatte (20) on loan. This idea we only sign old timers with no future or resale value is just not factually true.

Good signing - he'll be a useful addition

Is Skipp available to play? Maybe even if eligible he'll be a sub while he builds up fitness, but as he knows Winks already I'd be tempted to start him straight away. Hermansen Pereira Faes Veste Justin Winks Skipp Fatawu Buononatte Mavididi Vardy Not confident for this one, but hoping for a good performance!

The price really isn't that much. £1.7m per season, rising to £2.7m if we stay up. His g/a isn't great but Palace fans really rate him. I bet he'll have a more positive impact while costing a lot less than a lot of our more glamorous signings like Ayoze Perez, Ahmed Musa and Patson Daka.

From first impressions he seems better than what we've got, but would mean we have far too many centre backs. I doubt this is true but if it is, Okoli is already feeling like a bust (mad to say about somebody who hasn't played a game!).

The length of the contract is presumably to reduce the PSR cost. If he signs for say £6m, a one year contract would be on the books for £6m whereas a three year contract would be £2m per year. Probably very little returns if he stays that long, but at that price it's basically nothing each season. Tbh I don't get why people are so upset about this. Yeah he's old and not a world beater, but he's been consistently picked for teams that had no trouble staying up. Palace message boards / Twitter suggests he's a tidy player they'll miss. Fingers crossed he does a job if he comes here.

We were linked with him a few years ago, I believe

Really good second half, even more positive after such a potentially demoralising first half. Never shied away and kept being present and positive, even when things weren't going well. That bodes very well for the future. Fatawu has raw talent but also has the fight in him to battle adversity and improve. We could have a proper talent on our hands here...

Really liked the look of him tonight!

Did well tonight. Still a bit rash and raw, but could really kick on this season.

Never feel comfortable criticising a player who is currently wearing the shirt, but I don't think many tears would be shed if we managed to shift him on this summer.

Plenty to be cheerful about: - Jamie Vardy is and always will be an absolute legend - We have a pragmatic manager who can graft those sort of points - Lots of fight in the team - they seem to really care - More transfers incoming - Buononatte looks a handful Also some reasons to be fearful: - First half was shocking - Decordova totally off the pace - Ricardo and Mavididi out of favour? All in all, a good season curtain raiser. Will be a tough slog of a season but I'm still confident we can be competitive in the division (points deduction pending!).

Shall we close the thread in the hope it inspires a highly unlikely U-turn?

If that figure is accurate (which I doubt), a 5-year deal would count as £5m per year on the PSR. KDH's sale, however, is £30m in pure profit. This season, we could sign 6 Oliver Skipps for the same value of 1 KDH sale. The concern is future seasons, where we won't have a £30m sale to offset costs.

Sorry @Guest I'm being an arsehole. Taking out my frustrations due to a lack of sleep with a 4-week-old baby on you! But I wish our fans would support the club more. I love the club and it's hard reading such constant negativity. Too few signings, moan. Make a signing, moan. Moan about Maresca, moan about his replacement. Whine about the kit, whine about the sponsor. Complain about everything, even weeks after winning a league. But it's unfair to take my frustrations (exacerbated by personal circumstances) purely on you. Sorry!

Yep - this morning I messaged 2 Spurs supporting friends and 1 Norwich (he had a loan there), all 3 raved about him. Always bodes well!

I looked at your post history, all you do is moan and direct hate at my club. I think a "fan" should support their club. You seem to hate Leicester more than a Forest fan would. FWIW, in addition to this good signing we're clearly still in the market for more wingers / strikers. That's on top of attacking signings in the last 12 months like Fatawu, Mavididi, Buononatte, Decordova and Cannon (as well as extending Vardy's contract). But yeah just moan and whinge. That will help

Feel free to go and "support" somebody else then.

Agree we need a striker and I'm sure we're still in the market for one, but we have already invested in forwards - Fatawu, Decordova and Buonanotte. Strikers are the hardest commodity of all and the position we've wasted the most money on glamorous flops before. With Vardy still here I'd take a loan over risking another Daka / Slimani / Musa when we really can't afford one.

It will be £20m with add-ons which, if met, mean he's worth every penny. We sold Timothy Castagne for £15m. If we're only looking at cheap players they'll either be old, broken or crap. He's a good signing. The negativity on here is just ridiculous sometimes.

I think minimum 3. Could depend on how many we can move on, but we're clearly trying to strengthen the squad. I agree it would have been better to do business earlier in the window, but the reality of running a club is different to making transfers on Football Manager. We might even get some good deals at the end of the window as clubs become desperate to juggle their squads.

Good signing - talented player with top flight experience but his best years still ahead of him. Goes straight into the first team and already has a long-established relationship with his midfield partner. Still our fans moan

Our players already finished above everyone else in the Championship though Only joking - I agree there are deals to be had in the Championship. Plenty of good young players in that division. Unless the rumours have all been nonsense, it does seem like we do have some money to spend - and as frustrating as it is to be saying this at such a late stage of the window, we might even be waiting for one or two outgoings before committing to who we bring in. I actually think the players we've brought in so far have been positive additions. Fingers crossed we have some more players lined up!

Some good shouts there. Would particularly like Jonathan Rowe or Gus Hamer! Unlikely I'm sure, but the rumours were that Harvey Barnes wasn't pushing for a move to Newcastle. Now we're back in the Prem and he's a sub up there, could he possibly be available on a loan?