Albert To Palace?

[Welcome To The Jungle]

Sorry is already posted http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/story-17620089-detail/story.html

£3m and we sell imo

[East end Forever]

take the money and buy a new defence and creative midfielder

[BCFC Jordan]

Sell Albert and any small chance of us staying up immediately fades away.

On a personal level you can see why Albert might wish to leave. Palace are located in London, Bolasie is there and the three years he has spent here have been a constant battle for relegation, in fact his whole career has been if you include Barnet. The poor bloke deserves a bit of success. We will go down if he leaves though, unless Del has a cheap alternative right winger that nobody else is aware of in his sights.

[East end Forever]

anderson :laugh:

[hippy273]

Did see this earlier, i think it's inevitable really. Albert is good friends with Bolasie and of course will want to play a better standard of football. With Albert and Zaha in the team i tip Palarse for promotion and possibly for Holloway to keep them there this time.

[i hate you butler]

albert got same agent as bolasie whose also an ex palace player

factor in millen too and deal looks a goer

[JammyOne]

I'll have no problem with him leaving for anything above 3.5 million, as long as it gets used to buy some decent players, otherwise I think we will go down.

[Uncle Albert]

[Keith_Lemon]

No biggie for me. AA's first season he was incredible for sure. Went quiet until McInnes came in, played well for a further 10 games and now has about 1 great game in 5. In saying that, if he does not play well neither does the whole team.

Take the 3mil mark and invest that straight back into the team. Midfield and Defence!

[Dolman Block B]

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I'll have no problem with him leaving for anything above 3.5 million, as long as it gets used to buy some decent players, otherwise I think we will go down.</p></blockquote>

As good as he had been for us he ain't never worth 3.5 mill nowerdays

It's such a shame because he has a ton of talent but its getting it out of him on a regular basis

Can't see DM would be happy about him being sold

[bearded_red]

The day that Hollowhead was appointed at Palace I thought Albert to Palace had potential.

When Albert was at Barnet he was quite publicly linked with Holloway's Blackpool.

Millen obviously knows what a good player he is.

His best mate plays for them.

Like Yannick a move to Palace would mean moving back home.

Shares an agent with Yannick.

Either in January or the summer they will need to replace Zaha and they will of course have funds from the selling of Zaha.

Personally I think if we sell him in January we will become almost certainties to go down. Sure he may not actually be as good as me and many other City fans think he is, but we require him to play well if we are going to get anything from a game. In our five wins this season he has either scored or directly assisted a goal (sometimes both) in all of them. Take Peterborough for example, first 45 minutes we match what is the poorest side in the division. Second half Albert comes on and (with a bit of help from their right-back and Sam Baldock) turns the game in our favour. I fully accept that one day the time will come that we'll have to let Albert go, but it would be suicidal for that day to be in January.

[Bowie]

Do well for £2m I reckon.

[greg_cpfc]

Personally don't think we can afford it/we would be gazumped if we did make an offer.

And most importantly, I really think this is just the paper being bored and not having a story. I'd be amazed if he moved to us, or any other Championship side, in January.

[Night84]

I think he is as good as we all think he is and he will flourish in a good team like Palace. Would hate to see him join them but wouldn't begrudge him a move to a team with real Premier League ambitions. Would like to see 3 million with add ons if promoted.

[Eco]

Couldn't bear the thought of Albert leaving, the only ray of light at the moment. Just started to add free kicks to his weaponry and his interviews are priceless.

[BCFC101]

As far as I'd love him to stay, I think Albert just needs to look at how well Bolasie has done at Palace, and how much he's enjoying it, to make a quick and easy decision. If Bolasie became such a good player with good players around him, imagine how good Albert will be.

[redsquirrel]

if cunningham and woolford can get rolling again,i think Albert will shine more often,

for that reason alone i hope he stays

[You Do The Dziekanowski]

You wont realise we will miss him until after he's gone the new winger will have huge boots to fill an accomplished champ winger will suit e as a youngster would just get compared to AA.

This is if the deal goes through, please don't

[Super]

Did see this earlier, i think it's inevitable really. Albert is good friends with Bolasie and of course will want to play a better standard of football. With Albert and Zaha in the team i tip Palarse for promotion and possibly for Holloway to keep them there this time.

Albert would be a replacement for Zaha.

[Andy Horsman]

Albert would be a replacement for Zaha.

My thoughts exactly!!

[BCFC96]

see whats happening to Arsenal, don't sell your best players.

[Carey 6]

Sell Albert, only bit of creativity and flair we have in this team goes out of the window. We would definitely go down.

If we can get a decent price for him in summer then fair enough with only a year on his contract.

[Maesknoll Red]

Am I alone in thinking that £3M for Albert is a figure plucked from some sort of fantasy football, surely with the financial regulations coming in, players who aren't exceptional, won't be able to command huge transfer figures and salaries. I might be wrong, but I doubt if he is worth £1m, let alone £3m.

[Roger Red Hat]

I presume this is just another article The Rag has cobbled together using stuff that has all been posted on here.

[CiderArmyy]

buy him for 300k sell him for £3m?? just call us the arsenal of the championship!

[Mendip City]

To all those suggesting "take the money and reinvest in the defence/midfield" here's the problem(s):

Who of any ability would join us?

£3m won't go far sorting our mess. I believe we need about 4 new players minimum.

The standard of commanding centre half and midfielder we need are rare and expensive.

The man who brought you such greats as: Morris, Wilson M, Anderson, Foster, Bates, McManus and Briggs remains in charge of recruitment.

All in all I hope Palace hang on to Zaha until the summer!

[Pete1975Legend]

I'd sell him for 3 million then give Anderson a go. As someone said earlier very inconsistent, but I guess as long as he is running with ball some people will be happy. BUT his final ball and awareness is shocking most of the time.

[SecretSam]

I'm resigned to him leaving if Zaha goes to Arsenal (or whoever)

A sad loss but right now, we need to sort the defence as a priority. Get that right and move on from there. Certainly, unless the defence is sorted, we are doomed - regardless of whether Albert goes or stays. On his day he's a cracking player, think he'd do well under Hollowhead's formation.

[sglosbcfc]

I don't think there is any chance that we will sell Albert unless a crazy offer was on the table in January. Championship football is worth a lot more than 2-3 million and the Adomah situation is different to Bolasie who was never a first team regular. Palace are having a decent season but are unlikely to maintain it, if Albert is to leave it will be to a bigger club than Palace who I wouldn't consider as bigger than us.

[KeNDAILIL]

Doubt they'd be in for him til end of season, selling Zaha could cost 'em promotion (potentially 60+ million) which for the sake of his price not worth selling. Secondly if he's to replace Zaha he won't be there for weeks due to ACON