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title: "Ray Parlour: Crystal Palace’s valuation of Aaron Wan-Bissaka is crazy"
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published: "2019-06-10T19:35:38Z"
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# Ray Parlour: Crystal Palace’s valuation of Aaron Wan-Bissaka is crazy

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**Things are about to get really interesting at Crystal Palace, with the south London club potentially facing an uphill battle to keep hold of Aaron Wan-Bissaka this summer.**

[According to Sky Sports, the Eagles have already turned down a £40m offer for the 21-year-old from Manchester United, demanding a fee of at least £60m](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/11738068/manchester-uniteds-40m-bid-for-aaron-wan-bissaka-rejected-by-crystal-palace).

A ploy to scare the Premier League heavyweights off? Perhaps. But it would not be a surprise to see a club with Manchester United’s financial clout fork out that sort of money in the end, though one ex-pro cannot believe such a fee is even being discussed.

“It is madness, absolute madness,” [Ray Parlour told talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/football/545819/man-united-transfer-news-live-fernandes-ronaldo-pogba/). “I really like him, I think he’s an excellent player and I’ve seen him on quite a few occasions. His defending is very good and he gets forward. But for £65 million, it’s crazy.”

It is a lot of money, clearly not reflecting Wan-Bissaka’s actual ability. But obviously, from Crystal Palace’s point of view, they have got to try to deter suitors.

And as we have seen in the last few transfer windows, full-backs and defenders overall, are going for £50m plus.

For elite teams as well in this day and age of football, the role of the full-back is growing in significance. So while it is a ridiculous amount of money being mentioned, Parlour and everyone else should not be surprised to see Wan-Bissaka and other defenders command fees that forwards would not even go for a few years ago.