Steve Parish Closed the Door on Liverpool — Out Loud

Crystal Palace's chairman used a Premier League 'Paper Talk' roundup to publicly reject a £50m move for Ismaila Sarr. With The Athletic reporting Parish is 'raising the roof' for the Senegalese winger and Jean-Philippe Mateta, the statement reads less as a transfer denial than as a declaration of project.

There is a particular kind of statement a club chairman makes when he wants a rumour to die, not just fade. Steve Parish delivered one this week.