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​Hodgson insists Crystal Palace are no longer selling club

Roy Hodgson insists that Crystal Palace are not looking to sell any stars in the winter.

Palace have many players that are linked with moves away, such as Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend.

It is Zaha in particular who has interest from the top clubs in the league.

But Hodgson believes the club want to add to the team, not take away quality midway through the season.

"If anything, we need to strengthen our squad, not weaken it," Hodgson told Sky Sports News.

"It would take a lot for us to lose players because we are not a selling club at the moment.

"At this time of year there will be questions to answer every day because someone, somewhere will be linking players with another club. I accept that as part of the modern football world.

"We will deal with that and keep our business to ourselves - I am not one to go out and individually discuss other players all the time.

"I am sometimes amused to see players linked with other clubs where I don't see any connection whatsoever but on occasions you have to think, 'maybe they have heard a rumour and they're not so far off'."

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