Roy Hodgson says Crystal Palace are “working hard” to complete “at least a couple” of signings in the January transfer window.
Palace, like the majority of Premier League clubs, are yet to sign any players so far this month, but they have been linked with a number of targets.
The Eagles are keen to strengthen in a number of areas, including at full-back and in central midfield. Hodgson admitted this week that he would like to work with Manchester City’s Kalvin Phillips, but acknowledged the player will have plenty of interested parties.
Standard Sport understands that Palace continue to monitor long-term centre-back targets such as Valencia’s Cristhian Mosquera and Peterborough’s Ronnie Edwards, but reinforcements in that position may have to wait until the summer
Roy Hodgson says Crystal Palace are “working hard” to complete “at least a couple” of signings in the January transfer window.
Palace, like the majority of Premier League clubs, are yet to sign any players so far this month, but they have been linked with a number of targets.
The Eagles are keen to strengthen in a number of areas, including at full-back and in central midfield. Hodgson admitted this week that he would like to work with Manchester City’s Kalvin Phillips, but acknowledged the player will have plenty of interested parties.
Standard Sport understands that Palace continue to monitor long-term centre-back targets such as Valencia’s Cristhian Mosquera and Peterborough’s Ronnie Edwards, but reinforcements in that position may have to wait until the summer.
“I can’t give any update in regard to any player, but [sporting director] Doug Freedman and [chairman] Steve Parish are working hard to try to bring a couple of players at least into the club,” Hodgson said.
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“Until such a time as there is something concrete to say, I’m better off saying nothing.
“For a long time all throughout this window — even in the summer — we discussed certain areas where we thought it would be good to get strength into our squad.
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“The loss of Cheick Doucoure [to a season-ending ACL injury] has exacerbated that situation. No doubt the central midfield position is something we need to look at and strengthen.
“One or two other positions as well we’ve always liked and thought we could do something but it’s difficult.
“January is probably the hardest one of all. I can only back Steve Parish, Doug Freedman and other investors in what they’re doing and hope that, come February 1, there might be one or two surprises.”
