Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan believes John Bostock could end up going down the same road as former Eagles starlet Wayne Routledge.Bostock, 16, agreed a five-year contract with Spurs when his Palace deal expired last week but the clubs went to arbitration when they could not agree a fee.

Jordan wanted in the region of £5million for the player, who was still 15 when he made his first-team debut in October. But the tribunal settled on a fee rising to £1.25million.

After labelling the outcome as "scandalous", Jordan went on to warn the youngster that he could end up like Routledge who left Palace to move to White Hart Lane in 2005 for a fee of £1.25m, but made just five appearances in two-and-a-half years at Spurs.

He told BBC Sport: "While I wouldn't want to waste my breath giving advice to John, look at Wayne Routledge. He took the chance to join Spurs, but where is he now? When Spurs came knocking I told Wayne to stay and learn his trade at Palace.

"But he went, he grabbed the money, and now he's at Villa not getting in the first team, just like he didn't get in the Spurs team, just like he didn't get in the Portsmouth team and just like he didn't get in the Fulham team."

More Football News from TEAMtalk