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Roy Hodgson has spoken regarding Crystal Palace’s pursuit of Getafe goalkeeper, Vicente Guaita. “No update on that, but he’s a player we like and are still pursuing,” he said. “It would be nice if he could come in during the January window, and it’s something the chairman and Dougie Freedman are trying to do.”

Regarding a loan move for Lille defender Ibrahim Amadou, Hodgson said: “Another name we’ve talked about, but it’s a deal or a decision or a situation being dealt with by the chairman and the sporting director.”

The Palace manager added: “On 12 September, when I inherited the squad, the obvious thing for me was we are desperately short of centre-forwards who are natural centre-forwards. We have plenty of wide players who can fill in there. So a successful window would be if we get cover in the areas we’re talking about: goalkeeper and centre-forward.

“We’ve been short from the offset, when I joined the club. Right from the beginning we’ve spoken about areas in our team where we think we’re short of cover and players to help us out if anyone gets injured. We lost [Christian] Benteke for a long period and didn’t have a recognised centre-forward to come in. The same applies to goalkeepers. We should really have three in case one gets injured, and we still only have two.

“Nothing has really changed in those areas since 12 September, which is why we continue looking and continue our work. We’d like to add players to our squad to get stronger and better cover. I’m not unhappy with the XI I can put on the field, and the two or three subs. Tomorrow [for the match against West Ham United] we have literally 19 players to choose from, and one of those could go out on loan. So that would be 18. That’s unusual.”