Eberechi Eze made his Palace bow today against Southampton, coming off the bench in the Eagles' opening day win.
Speaking in his post-match press conference, Roy Hodgson explained his reasoning behind not starting the new signing from Queens Park Rangers: "It was mainly because he has had so little game time. He came to us not having played in matches for Queens Park Rangers – not even, perhaps, having done the level of fitness work we or he would’ve liked because of course he was in the middle of transfer negotiations.
"He came to us and did one session and then played from the start in a game on the Saturday [v Charlton Athletic] but got injured.