Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson says Mamadou Sakho is working his way back into the first-team fold.

The defender has been recovering from injury and turned out for Palace's U23 side this week.

"Mamadou has been fine for a while," said Hodgson.

"The last two weeks he's been training so it's just a question of getting back, if you like, to the full fitness level he wants to achieve and to do that he's got to play some matches."