Opprykkshelten Kevin Phillips har signert en ettårskontrakt.

Phillips som blir 40 år om 5 dager er selvsagt lykkelig:

“I am absolutely delighted, I loved my time here at the end of last season andrnwas always hoping to have another chance to play in the top flight. It’s unbelievable for me but I am really looking forward to it and hoping I can play a great part rnin the season ahead.rn rn”Everyone I spoke to said to keep going as long as the fitness and hunger is there and that is certainly the case with me.”

Palace blir trolig Phillips sitt stoppested i en fantastisk karriere.rnHan startet sin profesjonelle karriere i Watford, samme år som vinter OL ble arrangert i Lillehammer. Turen gikk videre til Sunderland, hvor han fremdeles er en levende legende. 6 andre klubber har hatt glede av en trofast målscorer i Phillips. Uansett hvilken klubb han har vært i så har han scoret mye mål.rnHan står bokført med 8 kamper for England.

Hvem kan glemme øyeblikket når Phillips scoret på Wembley?

Vi gleder oss til å ha med Phillips på eventyr i Premier League!

Klubben bekreftet i dag på hjemmesidene at midtbanespilleren Jose Campana har signert en fire-års kontrakt,

20 åringen fra Spania kommer fra Sevilla for en undisclosed fee. rnDebuten for Sevilla kom allerede som 18 åring i 2-1 seieren over Malaga sommeren 2011.

Campana har mange kamper for aldersbestemt landslagskamper og fikk under FIFA U20 Verdensmesterskapet d.å. kapteinsbindet på armen.rnCampana i intervju med Palace player (dog med tolk) sier følgende:

“I’m delighted to become a Crystal Palace player. Over the last two years, I’ve had some problems with my hometown club, but I’m really excited to play in the Premier League. rnI think it’s a good step for me and I’m really excited and looking forward to meet all the boys and start as quickly as possible.rn“I got the first interest through my agent, who said that Crystal Palace were interested and straight away I said ‘yes’ because for me it was a dream to play in England, especially in the Premier League. I hope to help the team stay in the league and then move forward.rnWhat I like to think are my best qualities are to keep the ball and to have good distribution. I have always been a typical Spanish midfielder and I like to move forward and score goals.

I scored a lot of goals when I was in the academy at Sevilla. That’s what I want, but especially to keep the ball and to organise the team”

Ian Holloway er i ekstase over den nye signeringen.

Det er vi også! Velkommen til klubben Jose!

Banton har signert en 6 måneders låneavtale med MK Dons, avtalen utløper 05.01.2014.rn20 åringen fikk sin Palace debut i FA-cupen i januar d.å. Han var også på lån i Plymouth forrige sesong hvor han fikk 14 kamper og scoret 6 mål.

Vi håper Banton får rikelig med spilletid!

Lykke til!

Klubben har bekreftet overgangen til Thomas. IH røpet signeringen i et intervju for en stund siden, også Steve Parish bekreftet overgangen tidligere denne uken.rnThomas har signert en to års kontrakt og han kom fra WBA gratis etter at kontrakten hans gikk ut.

Den 30 årige midtbanespilleren har tidligere spilt i Arsenal, QPR, Charlton, Pompey, WBA og Leeds. rnHan har kamper for England U-19 og U-21.

Han har nå sluttet seg til troppen som for tiden er i Portugal.

Thomas har sagt at det var IH som fikk ham til å signere. I et intervju til cpfc.co.uk sier han:

“It was a case of me being on a free and weighing up my options. I wanted to stay at the top level, which is obviously the Premier League. rnI heard of Crystal Palace’s interest from January actually, and once they got promoted Ollie gave me a call when I was away on holiday, we had a good talk for about 45 minutes and after that conversation there wasn’t much doubt in my mind where I wanted to go.rnI saw them throughout the season and watched the play-offs. Like I said, Ollie’s the main factor, but obviously there’s a lot of talent here and him and the chairman are planning on bringing in more. It shows what their goals are and I’m definitely looking forward to it.rnI hope I can bring a lot to the team. I’ve got experience of the Premier League and the gaffer’s going to give me the freedom to play how I want to play – my attacking game – which I haven’t been able to do for the last couple of seasons. That’s what I’m looking forward to.”rn rnVi ønsker Jerome Thomas velkommen!

Palace har kjøpt treningsfeltet i Beckenham for £2,3m.rnKlubben har tidligere leid disse fasilitetene og har betalt ca £200.000 i året. Det ble klart for en stund siden at de tidligere eierne var villig til å selge.

Palace co-chairman Stephen Browett sier i intervju: “I think it was well documented that we were paying £200,000 a year rent on it and we were fairly happy just paying that – but if you can buy it for just over £2m then after 10 years you are getting it for free.rnIt wasn’t essential to buy it but it is kind of nice that Crystal Palace Football Club owns its own stadium and training ground. That has not been the case for a very, very long time – certainly since the days of Ron Noades and then it wasn’t this training ground.rnIt’s nice we own it and we can spend money on it more easily because it is not someone elses.rnThe message from the management team was that they really liked Beckenham. And the most important thing they said is we are a South London inner-city football club and that our academy kids live in Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth, Bromley, Croydon or Beckenham. So it was particularly important to for the academy that we are in an area accessible for South London.”

Dette liker vi og fremtiden ser lys ut for klubben!

Alex Marrow ble i dag klar for Blackburn Rovers.

Han ble hentet i 2011 nettopp fra Rovers etter et vellyket låneopphold.rnDet ble dessverre ingen suksess for den lovende midtbanespilleren i Palace, og han står uoffisielt oppført med kun 10 kamper etter overgangen.

Han fikk kun 4 kamper forrige sesong, og var utlånt til Fleetwood town. Han var også på lån i Preston.

Vi takker Alex for innsatsen og ønsker han lykke til videre i Blackburn.