Crystal Palace hot up chase to sign Bristol City winger Albert Adomah
CRYSTAL Palace are preparing to table an improved offer for Bristol City star Albert Adomah.
City yesterday rejected a bid from the South London club, who want to recruit the Ghana winger as a long-term replacement for Manchester United-bound Wilfried Zaha.
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CRYSTAL Palace are preparing to table an improved offer for Bristol City star Albert Adomah
The Post can reveal that City are likely to sell if Palace offer a guaranteed £2 million up front for Adomah, who still has 18 months to run on his Ashton Gate contract.
Palace's opening bid fell well short of that, but Eagles boss Ian Holloway has a sizeable transfer fund at his disposal now that Zaha looks certain to join the Premier League leaders.
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Manchester United last night agreed a £15m deal for Zaha, who has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract, and Palace are set to receive £10m up front.
As revealed in The Post on December 19, Holloway is a big admirer of the Ghana international and sees him as an ideal replacement for Zaha.
Although Zaha will be loaned back to Palace until the end of the season as part of the deal that takes him to Old Trafford, Holloway is looking for a long-term replacement.
Adomah is on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Ghana in South Africa and helped the Black Stars beat Mali 1-0 in a group game in Port Elizabeth yesterday. A move to the capital would be attractive to the 25-year-old Londoner, who is a good friend of Palace winger and former City team-mate Yannick Bolasie, pictured.
He also has a good relationship with Eagles assistant manager Keith Millen, who worked with Adomah during his time in charge of City.
Adomah has made no secret of his ambition to play in the Premier League and the Eagles are vying for promotion, while City are propping up the Championship table and battling to avoid relegation to League One.
While an offer of around £2m will test City's resolve, they had no hesitation in turning down Palace's opening bid.
A club statement said: "Bristol City FC can confirm a written offer has been received for winger Albert Adomah. That offer has been rejected. The club plans to make no further comment."
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by nicecityboy
Monday, January 28 2013, 4:55PM
“piledriver, not insulting for a few reasons:
£1m is our opening bid - would it be sensible to go in straight away with our highest bid considering we have already had one bargain off you this season so why wouldn't we chance it again with Albert?
Zaha is 5 years younger, with 120+ starts at championship level - goal scoring record is not what he is about, watch a youtube video to see how he beats defenders and you may understand why Red Nose at that horrible club values him so highly, he is a potential star of the future.
CPFC do not need cash right now, did not need to sell Zaha so it would always take a high bid to be accepted by the owners. Brizzle City are cash strapped by all accounts and under financial pressure so may fold to a lower valuation for your star player.”
by piledriver
Friday, January 25 2013, 8:51PM
“@foxxy_tom:
It was £1m bid & £15m for Zaha.
Quite frankly, that's just insulting.”
by piledriver
Friday, January 25 2013, 8:48PM
“@LydneyBob:
Very good stuff, Bob.
Now tell me why AA is worth0.06% of what Zaha is? That's derogatory as well as derisory.
In the final analysis, anything/any player is worth what someone is prepared to pay IF that item/player is for sale.
Now, if it isn't for sale there is no case to answer.”
by LydneyBob
Friday, January 25 2013, 7:15PM
“Well Mr Piledriver.
Sport is all about different opinions. Messrs Ferguson and Holloway know more about football than we, so I can only guess that Mr Zaha at the age of 20 is viewed as a big star of the future. Mr Adomah at 25 cannot be viewed in the same light by managers, otherwise they would be lining up to sign him.
I've read adverse comments about Cole Skuse on here, in my opinion he is BCFC's best player. I think that Dean Gerken is the best BCFC goalkeeper for several years, despite the recent mishaps against Leicester, but Derek Mc. had a different view.
Norman Hunter stated that Gerry Sweeney was the best right back that he played with. Kevin Keegan said that Geoff Merrick was the best defender that he played against. Paul Power reckons that Gerry Gow was the biggest influence at Manchester City and we all knew that Paul Cheesley would have made it big time until the terrible injury. Surely, no BCFC supporters would disagree with this paragraph.
I was laughed at last year when I said that Rickie Lambert would score plenty of goals in The Prem. No doubt, non at Ashton Gate agree with me on that subject.”
by piledriver
Friday, January 25 2013, 5:42PM
“How exactly have they turned the heat up?
The haven't DONE anything.
@LydneyBob:
OK Bob perhaps you can explain something:
If Zaha is worth £12-15m (Ferguson thinks he is) and AA's record in the same division and at International level is better, why isn't AA worth the same?
Now, we can argue all day about the value of a player & don't get me started on wages, however facts remain facts and contracts sometimes work out in favour of the selling club as Palace have found with Zaha and, as we will find out, hopefully, with AA.”
by LydneyBob
Friday, January 25 2013, 2:13PM
“To Welliedog2
I've seen AA play on several occasions and appreciate his pace and work rate.
As for my sunday afternoons, many are spent at The Etihad.
Best wishes.”
by welliedog2
Friday, January 25 2013, 1:49PM
“@Lydneybob,
With slightly less respect no doubt Sky Sports 1 is a good way for you to spend your Sunday afternoons, but may I ask how many times you have seen AA play 'live'?
I'd suggest that he is easily good enough for a mid table Premiership side.”
by LydneyBob
Friday, January 25 2013, 1:09PM
“With respect to BCFC supporters, I cannot see why you rate him so highly. OK, he has pace and work rate, but he does seem to run around without too much direction.
To suggest, as some do, that Mr Adomah is a potential Premier League player is certainly as non starter, as Messrs Baines, Cliché, Cole & Co. would have for him 'breakfast'.”
by foxxy_tom
Friday, January 25 2013, 10:15AM
“£2million when they are getting £10million for Zaha looks like a poor deal for us.”
by city1982
Friday, January 25 2013, 10:06AM
“If they have recd £15m then we should be holding out for £4m or close to. he still has 18 months left on his contract. Take it to the last day i say and see how keen they are! Not sure SOD will see much of the money though, maybe £1m if he's lucky!
Were heading back to the Terry Cooper days when we have to unearth bargains, something he was very good at (Keith Curle et al), he was rubbish when he eventually got some money to spend!”