Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson has been telling BBC Radio 5 Live on his thoughts over the transfer window.

"We decided very early on, and I'm grateful to the chairman and owner for it, that while we might not have the money of others to bring lots of players, we've got to keep what we've got and accept we lost players like Yohan Cabaye, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Bakary Sako.

"We have to replace them and make sure we are every bit as strong as we were in the latter half of the last season.

"Sometimes keeping what you've got is every bit as important as adding to what you've got.

"I'm very happy with our business. We set out to sign players to replace the ones we lost, and get players of the right type. We all agreed very early there are profiles of players we wanted, we got the keeper we wanted to add and happy with Vicente Guaita.

"We had to replace the midfielders we lost and add a different type of forward to the one we had. We pursued these players for a while, it took a while to get Jordan Ayew over the line, so delighted with the players we brought in. It gives us the same strength as the end of last season, perhaps maybe increased and that best you can hope for."