Jake O'Brien

Could well be an option, one of the Palace owners owns 80% of RWD, so I wouldnt rule it out. He has always looked a bit raw, so Belgian football should help him hone the technical side of his game.

French side Troyes have had a £1.25m bid for O'Brien turned down. They have just been relegated to the second tier in France. Patrick Kisnorbo is the coach and they seem to have a share of young players taken from bigger clubs in Europe. Don't know much else about them .

Will be interesting to see where he ends up. Can't say I thought he banged of top talent when he was playing for the 21st but he had some good attributes and a season abroad may have done him good. 

It's reasons like this that UEFA really need to look at the multi club ownership models (but they won't). Cork City could get rightly screwed over here.

It’s a cracking move for the lad.

The four year deal part of it is. Gives him a real opportunity to establish himself. Whether it's at Crystal Palace or Lyon doesn't make a huge amount of difference, that's probably an accounting decision to exclude Cork from any future transfers as much as anything. Probably marginally easier for him to break through at Lyon I'd say, though that would change if Palace were relegated.