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Crystal Palace boss Hodgson: Wharton and Munoz available for Brighton

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson says new signings Adam Wharton and Daniel Munoz are available for their clash with Brighton.

Midfielder Wharton arrived from Blackburn Rovers yesterday and fullback join from Genk during the week.

“[Adam] is available – he's been playing all the games up to now. There is no reason medically why he couldn't feature in the game if I want to put him in the team," Hodgson said today.

“So that's good – and the same applies to Daniel Muñoz who has also been playing on a regular basis. They both come from clubs where they have been playing every week, and they have reported no injuries at all so both will be available."

On star pair Ebere Eze and Michael Olise, the manager said: "[Eze] came off feeling tightness in his hamstring, so he is going for a scan and I'll have to wait and see, I suppose, what the result of that is.

“When it comes to Michael, I'm presuming and hoping he'll be okay because it was partly precautionary, the reason why he came off. We'd agreed with him that if he felt tired and he started to feel it that he should let us know and if it went beyond a certain point, 'don't push it if you're feeling that maybe there's a risk that something will happen.'

“That's what he did. He was beginning to feel signs of muscle fatigue coming on so he asked to come off.

“When it comes to Ebs, he didn't ask to come off, it was something which happened during the course of the game, so his muscle strain needs to be investigated.

"I don't know with Eze, but I don't think Olise will be out of this weekend's game... but I can't give you a 100 percent guarantee."

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