Crystal Palace looking for big summer signing to bolster squad ahead of next season
Last season, Crystal Palace were an interesting side to follow. They started strong, and looked to have a strong squad capable of competing in the top half of the table, yet somehow they wound up in 15th place.
They did earn a place in the FA Cup final, which they looked like winning for roughly three minutes until Manchester United equalised. Alan Pardew’s dance lost them the game in my opinion, because who wouldn’t want to make that smug guy look like an idiot for celebrating too soon.
Now according to the Guardian, Pardew is targeting a big name signing to build on a squad he feel’s are a force to be reckoned with. The Palace manager spoke to the press following the 2-1 loss against United in the FA Cup final, saying;
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“We have shown that we have got talent in the group. We need to refine it a little bit, and we are going to try to do that in the transfer market. But we were a force to be reckoned with against Manchester United. We have given a real good, honest account of ourselves.”
“I think we have got to get players who are better than this. There is no point in getting players who are not potentially better than the ones we have got. Well, then they have got to be good players. So will there be a big name in there? There’s going to need to be.”
Pardew also praised Wayne Rooney and his ability to unsettle their tactics, saying;
“Anthony Martial we marshalled really well today, we hardly gave him any moments, which we had worked on,”
“We knew Rooney would switch the play, and we had worked on that, but we didn’t perhaps expect a drive from him of that quality. With all the things we had worked on and done, he hardly ever got in the box. And I do think that we would have seen that game out if it wasn’t for that moment that he produced.”
“He drew everybody to him and then the cross really and truly is a very difficult skill, to get it to the back post. So of course he is a genius player and has been all his career, and he produced a moment today that in my view probably won them the Cup. Forget about the winning goal.”
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“The two goals that United have come up with show the sort of level we are at. Their second goal, Jesse Lingard’s hit, is an amazing goal. When I was on the sideline it just flashed in, but seeing it on the video, wow, I don’t think you are going to see many better than that.”
So, it seems we can look forward to a big signing arriving at Palace this summer, and perhaps they can be more successful next season.