I wonder if we will get a quote from Roy saying " delighted to have him here, we have been monitoring him for some time". I dont recall him being too enthused when Eze signed.

I am expecting that up to four players could leave either on loan or permanently

Another striker that will be wasted under Roys way of playing.

We currently have two strikers from the best international team yet they can't do anything for Palace that just shows something is wrong with the setup and it doesn't help when every week same old slow defensive midfielders with no creativity.

So on that I don't see the point of this signing unless they think they can make profit from this guy when selling on.

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Welcome, bienvenue Jean-Phllipe.

He is a big lad you can imagine him putting himself about.

Shame no partisan crowd cheering him on, on his debut.

A statement of intent from SP, good to see.

So what swung it for Mateta to choose Palace as the PL club to come to?

"I spoke with Roy Hodgson on the phone. He spoke French - good French. This manager is a good trainer."

He won't fall into the same trap as others who have spoken French among themselves in RH's hearing.

Welcome J-P. It will be interesting to see how quickly you can
- get up to speed,
- then get on the bench
- then get on to the pitch to play
- finally get a start.

Finally, it's heartening that we have been tracking this lad for some time. He may actually get a real chance to show what he can do.

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