Parish: Palace may not spend heavily in January

Crystal Palace co-owner Steve Parish has revealed the club may not need to spend heavily when the transfer window re-opens in January.

Palace brought in the likes Andrew Johnson, Kevin Doyle (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers), James McArthur (for a club  record £7 million), Wilfried Zaha (on loan from Manchester United), and Zeki Fryers in the summer.

Additional funds will be available come January, but Parish is hoping the current squad is good enough to stay in the English Premier League.

“There’s money available – if we get the right targets,” said Parish. “But sometimes you don’t have to spend money.

“It’s almost now like there’s a league table of who’s spent what. People believe that’s how the real league table is going to finish.

“We will look at opportunities where we can strengthen our football club.

“We’re not going to sign players and Neil won’t sign players that he doesn’t think are better than anybody we’ve got. That would upset the apple cart.

“That’s not easy, signing players that are better than what you’ve got and then your academy kids coming through, it’s not easy.

“We’ve built this club by taking people fundamentally that no one else wanted.

“The core group that are performing in the Premier League, for whatever reason have been undervalued.”

Palace have down shrewd business in recent times, signing Fraizer Campbell, Joe Ledley, and Marouane Chamakh in cut-price deals, and it’s safe to expect more of the same in the future.

The Eagles, who are currently in 15th-place in the league table, will host Chelsea at Selhurst Park when the Premier League returns on Saturday, 18 October.

Palace won this fixture last season thanks to an own-goal from Chelsea captain John Terry. Can the Eagles pull off another shocking upset over the Blues?

Marotta slams Vidal over night out

Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta has slammed Arturo Vidal for having a night on the town prior to the club’s pivotal match against Roma last weekend.

Photographs showing the Chile international in a Turin bar have been flowing across different Italian media outlets, with reports suggesting the club are set to fine him €100,000.

“Vidal is the typical South American player,” Marotta told Rai Sport. “The history of football is full of these types of stories.

“Sivori was one of them, so was Angelillo and many others.

“South Americans are like that. They live certain situations in their own way, they have a way to celebrate and to enjoy themselves.

“We just have to keep him [Vidal] at bay and control him.

“From a football standpoint, we cannot say anything. A fine of 100,000 [euros]? Perhaps it’s not enough.”