Crystal Palace have not acquired the solution for all their problems in Christian Benteke, says centre-back Damien Delaney.

Benteke joined Palace on Saturday with the Eagles smashing their previous transfer record of £13million with a deal worth an initial £27m to bring the Liverpool striker to Selhurst Park.

Struggles in front of goal have been at least a partial cause of Palace’s woeful run of league form in 2016, where they have amassed just 11 points and scored 16 goals in 21 matches.

Alan Pardew’s side have not yet opened their account for the new season, suffering 1-0 losses to both West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham. However the addition of a striker with over 50 Premier League goals to his name will not solve all of Palace’s problems, according to Delaney.

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“We’re not signing [Lionel] Messi, he’s a good player but he’s not a player who is going to get the ball and make things happen,” Delaney told reporters when discussing Benteke. “We've got to work on the midfield players, wide players, defenders, full-backs and have better service and a better way about us.”

Delaney already has first-hand evidence of the presence Palace’s new signing brings in the penalty area, having conceded a controversial penalty to Benteke in a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in March. But the defender emphasised that the Belgian international will only be able to flourish if the midfielder is able to craft more chances than they did at White Hart Lane.

“He brings a presence, he's a handful, but Connor Wickham is as well. It's time we stop talking about things and go and win games.

“We have to get some ammunition for him, get some crosses in the box, give him supply. You can say we're not scoring goals, but we're not creating enough chances and that's coming back to the midfielders and defenders, it's up to us to get better service.

“If we were missing a whole host of chances, you just want finishers, but I don't remember [Michel] Vorm really doing anything if I'm honest with you. It's not the centre-forward's fault, it's a team game.”