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Hodgson updates on Batshuayi, Eze and Ferguson

Ahead of Crystal Palace's opening game of the 2020/21 Premier League season against Southampton, Eagles manager Roy Hodgson expressed his satisfaction with the club's recent transfer business and provided an update on his team's new trio.

"Michy [Batshuayi] is a player we’ve admired for a long time," he said, before moving on to Eberechi Eze and Nathan Ferguson. "Eberechi has the ability and personality. I have no fears about him stepping up… We’re convinced we’ve signed the right player, the right player in terms of his ability and his character."

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And on Ferguson, Hodgson said: "We have high hopes of his performance and his contribution when he’s fit enough to join us.