Aston Villa midfielder Mile Jedinak has paid tribute to former club Crystal Palace.

The Aussie left Palace in the summer after losing the club captaincy to Scott Dann.

"When you spend five years somewhere, and go through pretty much everything you can with a football club, it was special," Jedinak told a press conference.

"It was a good time in my career, the last five years, and it wasn't just what we built on the field.

"I was able to start a family in London and so on. It's a very dear place to my heart and will continue to be."