Roy Hodgson desperate to keep key Crystal Palace stars amid interest in Michael Olise and Joachim Andersen
Wilfried Zaha has already left Selhurst Park as rival clubs circle
Palace finished 11th in the Premier League last season, but their talisman Zaha finally left his boyhood club this summer after years of speculation about his future. He ran out his contract before exiting for free to join Galatasaray.
Hodgson is now wary of Palace’s need to hold onto their other assets ahead of the club’s Premier League opener at Sheffield United on Saturday. Olise, currently injured, is attracting interest right now, while Eberechi Eze earned new admirers by scoring six goals in ten games during last season’s run-in.
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‘Major gap’: Hodgson issues verdict of imminent exit
The Crystal Palace manager handed Kane his England debut back in 2015
Roy Hodgson admits he won’t miss facing Harry Kane in the Premier League as the England striker prepares to leave Tottenham.
Kane is set for a medical with Bayern Munich on Friday afternoon, following an agreement between the two clubs for his transfer. The fee is believed to be more than £86.4million up front.
Crystal Palace head coach Hodgson handed Kane his England debut in March 2015. To this day, Kane calls the goal he scored that day against Lithuania his favourite across his whole career.
The forward played under Hodgson at Euro 2016, and the first five of his 58 international goals came during the 76-year-old’s tenure.
“It would be a very big miss for the Tottenham Hotspur”, Hodgson said of Kane’s departure. “I won’t be unhappy to face Tottenham Hotspur this year without Harry Kane, and a lot of my colleagues will say the same thing.
“Harry has done a remarkable job since that debut many years ago. He’s really made himself into a striker of top European quality. He’s done a fantastic job for England, and he’s been the iconic figure for Tottenham that Wilfried Zaha has been for us.”
Hodgson added: “That’s going to be a major gap in Tottenham’s squad and line-up. Ange [Postecoglou] is going to be answering ‘How do you replace a player like Harry Kane?’, and I think he’ll find it very difficult to find an answer.”
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