Holloway wants to put transfer nightmare behind him by landing flop Chamakh

Crystal Palace want to sign Arsenal cast off Marouane Chamakh on loan.

The 29-year-old moved to the Emirates Stadium three years ago but has failed to make an impact - spending half of last season at West Ham United.



But the striker failed to pull up any trees there either, and with Arsene Wenger looking to add Luis Suarez to his attacking armoury, the Moroccan is further down the pecking order.



Misfiring: Palace want to sign Marouane Chamakh, who has scored just eight league goals for Arsenal

Palace want Chamakh on a six-month deal to fill the gap left by target man Glenn Murray, who is to miss a large chunk of their first year back in the top flight with a knee injury.



Manager Ian Holloway has been left frustrated by a lack of movement in the transfer market, but Chamakh - who has started just 19 league games for the Gunners - still presents a gamble.



An Eagles insider told the Sun: 'Chamakh's now top of the manager's wish-list.



'Holloway feels he can get the best out of him.'



Not for Big Sam: The striker only played three times for West Ham last season

It has been a worrying time for the former Blackpool boss - who suffered similar agony at Bloomfield Road - and he revealed that chairman Steve Parish will change tack when trying to get players in.



'Myself and the chairman are going to sit down and have a look at the targets we have shot at, and go from a scattergun approach to the rifle. We have got to knock some targets over,' Holloway said.



'Now we have found out what it might cost us, where we are going, I'm sure if he was here today he wouldn't have been too happy with that either.



Frustrated: Palace boss Ian Holloway wants new bodies in quickly

'We have got to try and give the lads we have got a chance to feel good about themselves when in a couple of weeks' time they are going to start in the toughest division in the world.



'We have got to hone down some targets, but this week has probably been one of the worst of my life because things have broken down for all different reasons.



'It's just an accumulation of coming into this so late. I was half expecting it but it is a little bit worse than it's been before.

