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swansnews said:So Crystal Palace are set to open talks for Steve Cooper now that they have been turned down by a second first choice manager they keep going to the man who is first choice but only first choice to the current first choice. Or as he will soon be known as “the man who will […]
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Swansea93 said:Reports is he’s about to sign a 3YR deal with Crystal Palace
Swansea93 said:Reports is he’s about to sign a 3YR deal with Crystal Palace
bakajack said:Well we have a preseason to be getting on with, Winters should be setting a deadline of say 1st July to either show up or shut up.
Dr. Winston said:bakajack said:Well we have a preseason to be getting on with, Winters should be setting a deadline of say 1st July to either show up or shut up.
The absolute silence from the club with regards the situation or even about renewing a contract which has only a year to go speaks volumes though. They don't want him to stay, so issuing deadlines does us no good. They're giving him the time he needs to sort something else out and get us compensation rather than have to risk sacking him as next season progresses.
Captain_Sham said:How can they open talks with someone they already talked to? Im sure I read on here he had already talked to them?
Swansea93 said:As it stands this morning we do know that Swansea City have already given Cooper permission to speak with Crystal Palace, and although it was reported he had two interviews we do know that is incorrect. He has though been in contact with Steve Parish at Palace and has been interviewed. Parish wasn’t keen on appointing Cooper, however he remains the first choice for Palace owners David Blitzer and Josh Harris in the USA. Palace were unhappy to pay any release fee for Cooper, however it now seems this is not an issue.
Josh Harris has a fairly long business association with Jason Levien who is co-owner of the swans and both have talked directly over the compensation for Cooper. They have a long business and friendship relationship which saw them involved in the Philadelphia 76ers take over with actor Will Smith. In the world that Levien and Harris travel in the nearly three and a half million compensation is small beer - and we do know Levien was surprised to hear Palace were baulking at the fact they did not want to pay anywhere near that amount.
But personally I hope we go up playing a good brand of football. We go up under cooper we would not sustain premier league lifeCaptain_Sham said:Cooper lost players last Summer and improved the seasonal points total this season just gone. Its going to happen again this summer(losing (key) players). If he improves the points total again we go up. I dont forsee this happening but I didnt forsee last season happening.