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Crystal Palace
Marouane Chamakh
Favourites to go down, the Championship playoff winners have had an unfavourable transfer window, with views mirrored by manager Ian Holloway, as many transfer targets have slipped away from their grasp.
The most noticeable of those targets, Darren Bent, would surely have been the perfect fit for Palace. Instead, Bent has chosen to swap the Aston Villa bench for a slightly better chance to play at Fulham.
However, The Eagles stand in pole position to sign Dwight Gayle. The former non-league player, scored 20 goals for two clubs, Dagenham & Redbridge and Peterborough, and although likely to need time to adapt to a whole new level of football, the 22-year-old striker does show a natural ability to position himself, and to stay composed, in front of goal.
The departure of England wing-wizard Wilfred Zaha to Manchester United and the long term injury to last season’s top goal scorer Glenn Murray means a considerable amount of goals have been lost in this current Crystal Palace squad and perhaps, another gamble in a bid to rekindle their goal tally has been taken with a free transfer of Arsenal’s forgotten man Marouane Chamakh, who scored just eight goals for the North London club after a much promising transfer from French side Bordeaux in the summer of 2010.
