Sam Allardyce concedes he does not know if his Crystal Palace squad has the quality to avoid relegation - and the manager is having trouble fixing his problems in the January transfer window.
Allardyce successfully mined the transfer market to save Sunderland last season but a year on at his latest club he says buying players is proving more difficult.
Jeffrey Schlupp made his debut in Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by West Ham after signing for £12million from Leicester City and Palace have held talks with defenders Patrice Evra of Juventus and Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson.
But Allardyce will step up his transfer plans this week after witnessing another defensive collapse at the London Stadium.