Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew says he's being offered players from Benfica and inter Milan.

Pardew appears all set to end Palace's yo-yo reputation this season.

"We are getting calls regarding players from Inter Milan and Benfica because they are our market now," he revealed.

"Palace now come into the same group as everybody below the likes of Everton, Tottenham and Liverpool, and the most important thing is to try to trade well.

"It's important to preserve your Premier League status early. If you leave it late, it is very difficult to get players. You don't want other teams putting packages together and working on players before you can.

"We are pretty secure in approaching clubs and players now as a Premier League side for next season and that's what we will do. We have the finance to do what we say we are going to do. So it does give us a slight advantage."