Part of the reason Ebs winning the cup for us made it that little bit sweeter, and Wilf keeping us up year on year felt so special.
Seeing yourself and your area represented on the biggest stage in your colours, it’s beautiful
If you remove emotion from the Ebere Eze deal, getting £67.5m for a 27-year-old who has been an ever-present and transformational presence in our first team for 5 years, scoring pivotal goals and helping us win the first major trophy in our history is superb business.
We signed him for £16m, he’s grown with us, recovered from major setbacks (an Achilles Tendon injury on the day he was called up by England) and matured into a player who you look to for something special when the pressure is on.
QPR fans adored him and still do, Palace fans will always feel the exact same way. He has an irrepressible love for the game, it comes through in the way he plays; he’s the sort of talent everyone wants to watch, the sort of lad you can’t help but root for.
He gave me (and every Palace fan) the greatest moment of my football supporting life in May of 2025 at Wembley; it’ll stay with me until my dying day. The word legend gets thrown around a lot in modern sporting parlance but his achievements in red and blue are truly worthy of the title.
Go well, Ebs. ❤️💙
At a time when we should be celebrating our victory in the Community Shield at Wembley, the decision by UEFA and followed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport shows that sporting merit is rendered meaningless.
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