Charlie Adam is standing by his claim that Odsonne Edouard is a £5m striker despite Crystal Palace splashing out £14m on the Frenchman.
Three weeks ago the Dundee midfield general was sharing his expertise with viewers to Peter Martin’s PLZ Show.
According to Adam, Edouard would only attract offers of £5m after an indifferent start to the season with his contract expiring in June 2022.
Last night Crystal Palace paid £14m to Celtic with a further £4m reported in potential add-ons. It is similar to the fee that Celtic brought in from selling Kris Ajer to Brentford in July.
Rather than admit that he got it spectacularly wrong Adam claimed that he had actually suggested a fee of £5-8m. Better than that he seemed to think that the 40% cut for Paris Saint Germain over £9m would take Celtic’s fee to closer to his claim. 40% of £5m is £2m meaning that Celtic can bank £12m from the Edouard deal- a fair bit more than the £5m or £8m predicted by the Dundee ace.
?BREAKING: Odsonne Edouard has agreed a five-year deal with Crystal Palace.
The fee for the Celtic striker is around £14m and could rise to £18.5m, with PSG due a significant sell-on clause?
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) August 31, 2021
5-8 million I said. I wasn’t far off once they pay PSG there money
— Charlie Adam (@Charlie26Adam) August 31, 2021
Charlie Adam in fresh Celtic hot take as Odsonne Edouard branded £5m signing amid transfer exit talkhttps://t.co/plIBsNDAq3 pic.twitter.com/qaeH1dDhUp
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) August 12, 2021
“So what do they get? £5m and go from there?”
Odsonne Edouard Celtic transfer value rated as Charlie Adam slaps low asking price on wantaway hitmanhttps://t.co/SXtUMVdWJn pic.twitter.com/TPC3BBkADd
— Glasgow Live Sport (@GLiveSport) August 12, 2021
