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Ian Holloway has launched an audacious bid to try an sign Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner.

The £52,000-a-week star met with the Crystal Palace for talks at a central London hotel on Sunday afternoon.

Bendtner has been told by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger that he is surplus to requirements at the club.

Also in attendance at Sunday’s meeting, at the Westbury Hotel in Mayfair, was Palace chairman Steve Parish.

Palace’s move for Bendtner has raised eyebrows because the south Londoner scrapped a planned move for ex-west ham star Carlton Cole over personal terms.

Bendtner has also seen moves to several clubs in Germany and Spain fall through over his wage demands.

Should Palace succeed with their move for Bendtner the Danish striker would join another former Arsenal frontman Marouane Chamakh, who scored against Stoke on Saturday.