Very revealing interview with Textor in The Athletic about a range of issues.

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For anyone who doesn't subscribe I will summarise...

- He was invited to buy a majority stake in us but bought less than half (45%) because he also wanted to buy Benfica, hence the name Eagles Holdings.
- Is complimentary of SP whilst also saying that the have very different approaches and that he'd like to spend more. Also that despite owning nearly half the club he only has one of four votes on important issues and is regularly outvoted.
- Says Dougie is terrific but nobody is really listening to him (Textor) on players.
- Says he loves Palace and his kids love Palace but clearly wants more control, when drawn on his long term future "But the likelihood of me being a passive investor for a length of time? If you knew me, you’d know that’s not a long-term strategy."
- Says having an English club is vital to their model so if he leaves us will probably buy another one.
- Reckons the academy being the only Cat 1 in South London is absolutely massive for us and in another 3/4 years reckons it will give us 'a real opportunity to get to the top'.

Edited by Canterbury Palace (29 Jul 2023 10.25am)

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

1. We don't know it is Parish, Blitzer and Harris don't appear to want to spend and spend what? Is it Textor's money or does he want to put the club further into debt.

2. It's a bit worrying when an owner thinks he knows more about player recruitment, maybe he does or is he just pointing DF to players that would suit his multi club ownership and not necessarily Palace.

All speculation but Textor makes me feel uneasy.

One more point

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So textor wants players in but SP is the stopping block?

I would imagine that Paddy (with his knowledge of the academy & recently acquired first team duties) would have been given the brief to be that "managerial conduit" for academy youngsters coming up & knocking on the door of the first team.