Roy Hodgson has moved closer to signing a new contract with Crystal Palace after “positive discussions” this week, although he has reiterated that the club must address its recruitment problems after a frustrating January transfer window.

Hodgson has said it has been made clear to him that Palace chairman Steve Parish is keen to offer him a new contract, adding that he is much closer to agreeing a deal than has been suggested in recent days.

The 72-year-old has been angered by reports that he is “throwing my toys out of pram” and is set to walk away from Palace as a result of their disappointing lack of business in the transfer market.

He has described Palace’s recruitment as a “major issue”, saying there must be improvements in time for the summer window, but he also insisted there is agreement within the club about the need to rejuvenate an ageing squad by bringing in fresh faces.

Hodgson said before the January transfer window that he was hopeful of four new players joining the club. Palace were only able to secure the loan signing of Everton striker Cenk Tosun, though, and missed out on a deal for West Bromwich Albion full-back Nathan Ferguson because of a knee injury to the teenager.

They were also interested in forward Jarrod Bowen, who instead joined West Ham United from Hull City.

“The chairman and I had very positive discussions during the week, so I have no reason to doubt the intentions of the club are any different now to how they were: to ask me to stay,” said Hodgson. “I’ll be having further discussions in the coming days and we’ll see where that leads.

“I can’t demand that a contract is put on the table. That has to come from them, but I have never had any real doubt or fears that it wouldn’t happen. Certainly it has been made clear to me now that that is something the chairman really wants to do.

“He wants to put that contract in front of me for me to look at and sign. So here we are, obviously a lot closer in that respect than maybe some people have given the club credit for.

“But I also have never given any real encouragement to the type of things that have been written this week, that I am intending to throw my toys out of the pram because there has been only one player able to be signed this window.”