Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner is delighted with Cheick Doucoure's new contract.

The midfielder, as he recovers from injury, penned a new deal last week.

Glasner said: "I think it's a great signal from Crystal Palace to sign Cheick for five more years. He's a fantastic player, and I'm really looking forward – and can't wait until – he's back on the pitch.

"I think it also shows the ambition of Crystal Palace to keep the best players in the squad, and I like this. You can support a player when he's in his best shape and everybody is celebrating him, but if you have an injury and maybe you don't have your best times of your career, then it's important to show him 'we believe in you, we count on you, you are the guy who should play for us the next years'.

"I think it's a great signal from Crystal Palace, but it's also a great signal from Cheick that he can feel that we are an ambitious club."