Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew has confirmed he wants to sign former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini on a free transfer but that he's facing plenty of competition.
Pardew says he has met with Flamini several times to convince him to join the club, although he acknowledged that he could miss out again after also trying to sign Jack Wilshere on loan.
"Mathieu is a player I am looking at, yes. He would give us a bit more experience to winning games," Pardew told the Croydon Advertiser.
"We've had a couple of meetings with Mathieu to talk about what he would do here and how he would feel about competing with [Yohan] Cabaye, [James] McArthur, [Jason] Puncheon, [Jordon] Mutch, Lee Chung-Yong and [Joe] Ledley.