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Dwight Gayle – Peterborough to Crystal Palace (£4.5m rising to £8.5m)

What’s the deal? Gayle started last season at Dagenham and Redbridge in League Two and starts this in the Premier League. His rapid ascent has caught Palace’s eye.

Is the price right? It was initially reported as £8.5m straight up which was clearly lunacy. However, as they are add ons the ironic thing is that if Palace end up paying the full whack it’ll be good. Assuming the add ons are for his goals and for Palace staying in the Premier League and so on, they’d be happy to pay the rest if they achieve survival.

Why sign him? Palace need speed and movement in an attack that having been shorn of Zaha is redundant of both. He’s also going to need to score them goals. They’re without Glenn Murray who got 30 goals last season for the first month or so of the season.

Why sell him? This is a lot of money to now League One Peterborough who run the club based on developing players for profit.

Will it work? It depends what they expect of him. If they are thinking he’ll score 15 goals they could be disappointed but if they are signing him to bring pace and endeavour they could be happy with what he does. Holloway had success with a similar player in DJ Campbell when in the Premier League with Blackpool so he’ll know what to do with him.

Grade: D It’s too much money for a player who only has a few months in even a decent level league. Palace aren’t a rich club so spending so much on one decent but not really good player is very risky.