Alan Pardew is confident that Crystal Palace will still sign new players before this week’s transfer deadline.
A loan deal for Chelsea striker Loic Remy is a reported target for the manager, who has already signed James Tomkins, Andros Townsend and Christian Benteke for a club record £32 million so far in the window.
“You can rest assured that one or two are coming in,” said Pardew.
“We’re not really close on anyone at the moment. We were close – it’s gone away a little bit, so that’s the world we’re in at the moment. Everybody’s jostling, but it will all happen.”
Without a league win this season ahead of the international break, signs of discontent around Pardew are already beginning to show at Selhurst Park. Fans booed the team at both halftime and the final whistle, despite Scott Dann’s stoppage-time goal rescuing the Eagles a draw against Bournemouth over the weekend.
“Forget what Palace fans think of me…the ones who didn’t see me play here are the new fans,”
“I’m Crystal Palace; it’s my team, it hurts me that my team would play like that if it was me as manager or somebody else.
“It was a hell of a responsibility on me in the second half to make sure that we never dish that out again but I’m making changes and I have to kind of cut through (that) and feel for the players a little bit.”
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