Crystal Palace were on a slippery slope towards the back end of last season, winning none of their last six games of the season.
Fortunately, they had done enough in the first portion of the campaign to stay clear of a relegation battle, but if their form doesn’t improve at the beginning of 2020/21, they could be in trouble.
Roy Hodgson seemingly isn’t blind to the fact that they haven’t been good enough, and he’s made a number of additions in an attempt to strengthen his side.
We’ve had a go at ranking Palace’s transfer incomings so far…
Eberechi Eze 4/5
Eberechi Eze was one of the standout players in the Championship last season, making the PFA’s Team of the Year for that division.
At just 22 years old he has a lot of room to improve, and he will compliment Palace’s attack nicely, due to the similarities in his playstyle to Wilfried Zaha.
Both men absolutely love to dribble the ball, and they’re incredibly effective when doing so, and if Eze can carry his Championship form over to the top-flight, he will undoubtedly be one of the Eagles’ star players.
Nathan Ferguson 4/5
The former West Brom man should have been a Palace player in January, but that move fell through at the last minute.
Palace have actually benefitted from the collapse of that deal though as they’ve managed to get their man on a free, and what a player he is.
Ferguson was being chased by the likes of Atletico Madrid and Juventus not long ago, but somehow, he’s ended up at the London club, and the best part is that they’ve not had to pay a penny for his services.
This is a genius move from the people in charge at Palace, and there can be no complaints about this signing.
Michy Batshuayi 4/5
One thing Palace have needed is a reliable goalscorer, and in Michy Batshuayi, they’ve got just that.
Christian Benteke’s goals have dried up in the past two seasons, while Wilfried Zaha hasn’t been finding the net all that regularly lately, but the pressure put on the Ivorian will now be alleviated with Batshuayi back in the picture.
The Belgian has of course been at Palace before, spending six months there on loan in 2018/19, netting five goals in 11 league games, and if he can replicate that form he will once again help Palace comfortably steer clear of the threat of relegation.