Crystal Palace boss Ian Holloway admits he's STRESSED OUT.
Holloway has spent pre-season trying to coach his players while hunting for more - aided by a chief scout who still works only part time as Palace frantically try to bring their off field infrastructure as well as their team up to top flight standards.
He admitted: "I am stressed to hell - not when I watch my team, not when I'm out on the grass coaching but just trying to say 'Who's this? Where has he come from? What's his name? How do you spell it?'
'I almost went to France on Friday night to watch a player, but I told my chairman I couldn't possibly do that because it would have disrupted my lads before we played at Stoke.
"In the end I didn't do it, but now we're not going to buy that player."
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