Crystal Palace loan chief Mark Bright has urged their young players to make the most of the opportunity they now have.

While Palace provide a genuine pathway to the first-team, some will grasp the chance with both hands, while others will earn good money but not push themselves to be the best they can be.

Bright told The Sun: “If you switch off you will leave - we will not keep anyone who isn't motivated.

“In this job, you need to be motivated, and get up in the morning and enjoy coming to work.

“Our manager is in his seventies, he doesn't turn up late, he turns up and is enthusiastic about what he wants to do.

“So you take your lead from the boss - if he is enthusiastic and passionate about what he's doing, then so should everyone else.

“In football and in life you will find your level, not everyone can be a Premier League player.

“There's nothing wrong with being a good Championship, League One or Two player.

“You are still playing pro football -what we aim to do is give the player a good start and if you can't make it here, we hope you can make it somewhere else as that is a tick in our box for someone who has come through our academy.

“The first part of the deal is you work hard, you come through those doors you must work hard.

“I can tell you know some talented people have left this club, having talent is only part of it.

“You need to have a will to win, toughness and resilience because you will get knockbacks in football, you will be told you will be dropped, taken off, not in the squad and all these things will shape you."