Last week, Crystal Palace Chairman Steve Parrish delivered yet another major twist in the summer's transfer window.

Let's bring you some breaking news. It's welcome news if you're a Crystal Palace support.

21-year-old winger, Michael Alise signed a new deal to keep him in South London for a little while longer.

So how important is this news for the rest of the Premier League?

And our players starting to doubt the stability of the Chelsea Project.

I'm Ayewa Kimu Lerre. Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast.

Alisei Welch! And he say, well struck. Oh, beautifully struck.

In such a young age, his future here is very bright and we can help him move very quickly to another level if that's going to happen in time. But of course the decision has been his, with this pressure from the outside,

and this is your place, this is where we think you will progress in the right way,

you will develop in the right way.

All right, with us in the studio, Dunn Fivefield, senior writer, turn editor at The Athletic and also Athletic Brentford writer Jay Harris are with us this afternoon.

Right, Dom, let's start with you.

I know you're a huge palace fan and also across a lot of the London clubs. First and foremost, before we go on, is the name Wilford Zaha going to be triggering for you through this podcast? Not in the slightest. He's the greatest I ever saw at Crystal Palace playing for my boys. And his time has come and he's moved on and the club is moving on without him and wishing him best.

That's the most politician answer I've ever heard in my life with clutch fists underneath the table.

Right, let's talk at Lisa at Palace. I know you're about as far as I said. And you know, you've watched his rise very, very closely.

Are you surprised that a team like Chelsea were interested?

No, I think his impact, particularly last season, was so spectacular at Palace, a mid-table

team, albeit, you know, above Chelsea on the table, it should be noted, that there was always

going to be interest, and particularly given the particular circumstances around his contractual situation at Palace. So, I'm not going to be interest, and particularly given the particular circumstances

around his contractual situation at Palace.

So it was always likely that it was, you know, his commitment to that club was going to be

tested at some point.

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