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Crystal Palace boss Hodgson admits striker signing search

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson admits he wants to buy a new striker this summer.

The Eagles have scored just 28 times in 32 Premier League matches this season and only bottom side Norwich have a worse record.

"(Christian) Benteke has recovered, he is available to play tomorrow," said Hodgson ahead of the trip to Leicester, whose striker Jamie Vardy has 19 league goals to himself this season.

"We haven't had a good goalscoring record. The strikers have not got near the Vardys in terms of goals expected.

"There is a bottom line there, when you create chances someone has to put them in the back of the net and we have not been good enough in that area, not good enough as a team.

"We have to come to terms with the fact that someone has to start scoring goals.

"Let's hope we have a good summer window to improve our squad and bring in one or two who can score our goal threats."

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