Patrick Vieira says Crystal Palace need to recruit new players before the transfer deadline but was tight-lipped on potential Selhurst Park returns for Conor Gallagher and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Vieira’s biggest job ahead of the window closing on Thursday looked set to be fending off reported interest in star man Wilfried Zaha from Chelsea and Arsenal.
But, after Zaha opened the scoring with a stunning goal in Tuesday’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Brentford, the Eagles boss insisted there have been no approaches for the forward and that he is not contemplating selling.
Vieira is instead focused on possible incomings, with former Palace pair Gallagher and Wan-Bissaka among those linked with the club.
‘We will need to do some, yes,’ replied Vieira, when asked about transfer business. ‘We need more players, more competition, more options, we need different profile of players and we will try to do it.
‘I know that we are doing our best. If we find a player that we want, we will see if we can make it happen.’
Chelsea midfielder Gallagher starred on loan in south London last term, while Palace academy graduate Wan-Bissaka is seeking to kick-start his stalled career after falling out of favour at Manchester United.
‘I don’t want to talk about Conor; Conor is a Chelsea player,’ said Vieira.
‘Until Chelsea say otherwise, there is no point to mention his name because he came here, he spent a year and he did fantastically well and today he is a Chelsea player.’
Asked about Wan-Bissaka, he added: ‘You can give me 100 names and it will be always be the same answer.’
The Palace manager was also forced to field questions on Zaha’s future with the Ivory Coast international again linked with moves to Chelsea and Arsenal, both of whom are desperate to strengthen their attacking options.
Asked about the speculation linking Zaha with a move away from Selhurst Park, Vieira said: ‘I think there’s no comment to be made on that. I see him training every day and he didn’t mention nothing about leaving.
‘He’s always concentrated on performing well for the team because he wants to win games for this football club.
‘There’s a really nice relationship between this football team and Wilfried Zaha, it’s not going to stop now.’
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