Crystal Palace Place £60m Price Tags on Olise and Eze
Crystal Palace will only entertain offers for star forwards Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise that start at £60million or more for each player.
Both players with Nigerian ancestry are qualified to play for the Super Eagles but have not looked in the direction of the green and white colours of the three-time African champions.
Olise is born by a French Algerian mother to a Nigerian father which makes him eligible to play for Algeria, France, England and Nigeria while Eberechi born by Nigerian parents in England is eligible for both countries.
The Eagles as Crystal Palace are incidentally called, are safe from relegation having secured a club-record 12th season of Premier League football, and financially do not need to sell either player.
However, given some of the praise for 25-year-old Eze in particular in recent weeks and the form of Olise, 22, they accept that bids are highly likely to come this summer.
And Palace feel that £60million per player is the starting price for interested teams if they want to enter negotiations.
Both Olise and Eze signed longterm deals this season so Palace are in a strong negotiating position.
Neither contract contains a straightforward release clause and any deal will be complex with percentages due to the players' former clubs, the players themselves and Crystal Palace.
Last summer Eze was the subject of interest from Manchester City but the champions signed Wolves' Matheus Nunes instead, while Chelsea unsuccessfully attempted to sign Olise for a fee in the region of £35m, thinking they had activated his release clause.
The players are happy at Palace and are keen to make sure that any potential move is one that benefits them, with a particular focus on picking a team that will allow them to show their ability on the ball and demonstrate their attacking flair.
Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphysaid Eze was "on a different planet" in their 5-2 win over West Ham on Sunday, adding: "He is a Champions League player - I'm sorry, Palace fans. He will not be there next season. This is an unbelievable talent.
"There are going to be so many clubs after him because he can do the lot. A wonderful, wonderful player."
There is a noticeable difference in the way Crystal Palace play when neither Olise or Eze are in the side and the pair have started just six Premier League games together.
They have scored or assisted 13 of the 14 goals in those six games.
Olise and Eze are two of the success stories Palace have signed from the Championship under sporting director Dougie Freedman.