Tottenham midfielder Brennan Johnson would be "a steal" for Crystal Palace if he was to complete a move in January.
Following reports on Tuesday a £35m deal had been agreed for the 24-year-old, with Johnson to make a decision once he has held talks about his future, BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast discussed the news.
"Knowing his dad, who I played with at Manchester United, David would have been saying: 'You need to play son, you need games and you need minutes'," ex-England striker Dion Dublin said.
"I like Palace as a football club. The way they are run, I think Steve Parish is a very good owner and he'll spend money where he needs to spend money.
"If they can get Brennan through the door, it's a huge plus point for them. He will make a difference and make Palace better."
Football statistician Statman Dave added: "What Johnson's done at Spurs is score goals. You can't deny that. [He was their] top scorer last season.
"That's the really weird thing. It's weird that he's not been a part of this team this season. Because at the start of the year when they were playing really well, pressing high, being aggressive, he was scoring goals and he's a different profile to a lot of their players.
"He's just a goalscorer. Look at his chance conversion over the past 365 days - scored a chance 36% of the time and that ranks him in the top 1% of players in Europe. He's very effective in that position.
"You think about Palace's system and Ismaila Sarr being that goalscorer from midfield, that's exactly what Brennan Johnson could do for them which will add such depth to their team. For £35m, that's a steal."
Former England striker Ellen White agreed and added: "It just seems strange to me why you would sell someone who was their top goalscorer last season. It just baffles me. Who is in that squad at the moment who will score that amount of goals?
"But it seems he doesn't feel loved. There might be some friction with the manager - he doesn't want to fit him in the system. So I wouldn't blame him at all for going to Palace and wanting to go play football under a manager that seems great - although we also don't know how long he [Oliver Glasner] is going to be there either."