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Hodgson reveals how 'bright' Mateta has settled at Palace

Roy Hodgson discussed new Crystal Palace forward Jean-Philippe Mateta in his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon, calling the recent arrival "a bright player and bright person".

The Crystal Palace manager discussed Mateta's arrival as the 23-year-old completed his first full week with the club and confirmed he intends to name him in his matchday squad against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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He said: "He’s been good. Unfortunately at the moment the training sessions you do with so many games tend to be fairly condensed and you don’t do a lot of work over big areas, it’s often much more small area work.