Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has explained that the limited game time currently being offered to summer signings Max Meyer and Cheikhou Kouyaté is a sign of 'very healthy' competition in the Eagles' squad.
Both Meyer and Kouyaté completed high profile moves to Selhurst Park and together they make up 50% of the club's summer transfer business. The former arrived as a free agent in a shock move from Schalke 04, while the latter cost £9.6m from West Ham.
Vicente Guaita and Jordan Ayew have also had limited game time this season, but Hodgson singled out Meyer and Kouyaté ahead of Crystal Palace's trip to Huddersfield, explaining how it is 'healthy' for the club that the two new midfielders are struggling to break into the first team.