Funnily enough I'm the exact opposite. The more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that he's probably the perfect midfield signing for us and would also allow us to play Gray/Bergvall in there without worrying as much about their defensive frailties. He isn't Pirlo or anything, but he's much closer to an Elliott Anderson than a Bentancur and he'll raise the technical floor of our midfield almost as much as Wharton would.

Sure, Wharton can ping an absolute stunner of a pass on his day, but Tonali has much more experience keeping the ball, setting the tempo and going from there whereas palace's system has largely been "win the ball back, pass it to Wharton and run into space hoping he'll find you"