Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish states intent to lower average age of squad
Steve Parish has spoken of the importance of bringing the average age of the Crystal Palace squad down this summer.
The Eagles have seen a number of first-team players who became free agents on July 1.
Speaking to Palace TV, Eagles chairman Parish said: “We have to bring players in this summer, everybody knows that. We won’t be stupid in the market, we have to make our money go as far as possible. The markets depressed and we need to take advantage of that where we can.
“The squad age, as everybody knows is quite high. That doesn’t win or lose you football matches in itself. The game is getting slightly younger, all the teams have been getting slightly younger over the past couple of years.
“There’s a reason for squads being younger, and that is because the game is played at higher energy nowadays and we need to be there for that.
“We need to bring value in for the football club, but at the same time we need to stay in this division. It will be a blend of experience and youth. Obviously we haven’t yet concluded all of the out of contract players.
“There will be some players that will come back and hopefully we can get the right blend for the squad.”
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