Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson has hailed the club's scouting setup.

Hodgson admits staying in the Premier League is due to their talent spotters.

He said, "I think it's quite amazing that we as a football club - and we're not alone, I put other clubs in the category - can compete as well as we do in what has become a very uneven playing field.

"Because so many teams above us are able to go out and scour Europe, scour the continent, scour Africa for the best players."

He continued: "There's no prizes for working out that Szoboszlai is a good player, but the fact is only certain clubs could get that player. So we have to accept to work hard with the ones we've got to try and get them to reach the best level they can, and compete at an equal level with these players.

"That's what Palace have done for a number of years, it's what Palace will continue to do."