Yannick Bolasie has agreed a contract extension at Crystal Palace with his manager, Alan Pardew, confident he can maintain the winger’s development at Selhurst Park before he eventually moves on to a bigger stage.
Bolasie, secured from the fringes of the Bristol City team three years ago, still had two years to run on his existing contract but has now pledged his future to Palace through to 2019.
The south London club did not receive any offers for the 26-year-old DR Congo international – a player Pardew had optimistically valued at £40m last season – over the summer, but there is an acceptance that interest will surface if the player continues to add more consistency and threat to his game.
“Yannick has just agreed a three-and-a-half-year extension to stay at this football club,” said Pardew, whose side travel to Watford on Sunday. “I’ve said all along this guy needs to deliver the final moment and, when does that, he won’t be here for three-and-a-half years.
“So my first priority is to secure him and develop him. And if I can develop him and take this forward, that’s great. If a big club comes, we can take that money and use it to take the club forward. It’s a simple equation.
“I spoke to the Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino, after last Sunday’s game and, as far as he knew, there had been no interest in Yannick going to Spurs. We had no bid for him. But we know that, if Yannick became available for £5m, we’d have a queue out the door for him. But he isn’t [available for that amount now].
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