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After last season final day escape, Comedy Football Ltd decided it was time to invest and improve the squad bringing in no less than 8 players with a potential 2 still to join and only 1 player leaving the club.
TRANSFERS IN:
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Marko Marin and Papy Djilobodji - £2,500,000 from Chelsea
The first transfers completed were the signings of Marin and Djilobodji for a combined bargain price of 2.5m. Marin has been brought in to help on the wings despite the club already having Puncheon, Zaha and Bolasie but a cheap deal was hard to turn down. Djilobodji also joins as part of the deal after making no impression at Chelsea and with Palace only having Scott Dann and Craig Cathcart as centre backs with Hangeland on the verge of leaving, he was brought in to offer competition at centre back as well as left back and has the potential to improve.
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Mathieu Debuchy - £6,000,000 from Manchester United
With positions being weak and with no competition in all positions, Football Comedy Ltd splash out on their most expensive signing of the summer by acquiring Mathieu Debuchy at right back, coming in to challenge Joel Ward as well as possibly covering at left back if desperate.
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Cheikou Kouyate - Loan from Watford
Kouyate joins from recently relegated Watford on loan to offer competition in the centre midfield and offers a more physical presence to play along side Cabaye and McArthur and looking as a replacement for the aging Jedinak.
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Leandro Paredes - £4,400,000 from Roma
A bargain signing with a lot of potential, Paredes joins from Roma after falling down the pecking order at Roma and will look to compete with Chamakh behind the striker. Has the potential to be key moving forward for Palace if he can get in the goals.
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Ahmed Elmohamady & Cristian Zapata - Free
With Palace been short on defenders, the experienced Zapata comes in to offer a challenge and a steal cost nothing to join the club. Palace also sign "The Egyptian David Beckham" Elmohamady, who will challenge down the right wing and has the ability to supply our forwards with great crossing ability.
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Dayot Upamenco - £1,300,000 from RB Salzburg
This signing was made with the future in mind as at 16 year old, Upamenco comes in for a decent fee after been scouted by the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United so Corbett dove in quickly to get this deal sorted before anything could scupper it. Hopefully with the arrival of Zapata, he can gain the knowledge to improve as a footballer.
Rumours:
There are rumours that there is also a possibility of two other players joining the club with Josh Vela of Bolton and Ivan Ordets from Shakhtar on the verge of joining Palace on loan for the season with confirmation still needed on these.
TRANSFERS OUT:
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Jordon Mutch - £700,000 to West Brom
The only player to leave Palace this window at present was Jordon Mutch who was hardly used last season and with the amount of players in centre midfield for Palace, he was one of the players to sacrifice.
PLAYERS MISSED OUT ON:
However there was disappoint for Comedy Football Ltd as they missed out on a few targets. Youngsters Adam *** and Samuel Fernandes opting for Leicester and Richard Gregory deciding on Tottenham instead of joining The Eagles. "Yeah we are gutted. We could have seen these players being big players at this club in the future and had our eye on these for a while but unfortunately it was not meant to be.
SQUAD AS A WHOLE FOR 2016/17 (unless Deschamps has other ideas):
Goalkeepers: Alex McCarthy, Wayne Hennessey
Left Backs: Pape Souare
Centre Backs: Scott Dann, Craig Cathcart, Papy Djilobodji, Cristian Zapata (poss Ivan Ordets)
Right Backs: Mathieu Debuchy, Joel Ward
Wingers: Wilfried Zaha, Yannick Bolasie, Jason Puncheon, Marko Marin, Ahmed Elmohamady, Adam Johnson
Centre Midfielders: Yoann Cabaye, James McArthur, Cheikou Kouyate, Joe Ledley, Kristoffer Ajer, Mile Jedinak (poss Josh Vela)
Centre Attacking Midfielders: Leandro Parades, Marouane Chamakh
Strikers: Charlie Austin, Connor Wickham, Steven Fletcher
PLAYERS FOR SALE:
> Jason Puncheon
> Wilfried Zaha or Yannick Bolasie or Adam Johnson
> Joe Ledley
> Mile Jedinak
> Marouane Chamakh