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title: "Crystal Palace: Roy Hodgson talks about worrying contract situation at the club"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2021-01-15T12:45:37Z"
modified: "2021-01-15T12:45:37Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Roy Hodgson talks about worrying contract situation at the club

**Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has spoken to the media about the worrying contract situation at Selhurst Park.**

### Hodgson discusses player contracts

Speaking before the [0-0](https://www.sofascore.com/crystal-palace-arsenal/hsR) draw with Arsenal, [James Savundra of talkSPORT](https://twitter.com/JamesSavundra/status/1349351810163560450?s=20) reported that the Eagles manager spoke about the issue the club have with various players out of contract in the summer.

He [said:](https://twitter.com/JamesSavundra/status/1349351810163560450?s=20) “I probably would lie if I said it wasn’t a concern. Doug and the chairman are working hard to find the solutions. I have to trust that and work with the players”

### Hodgson is right to be worried

The South London side have over ten players who are out of contract in the summer ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/crystal-palace/startseite/verein/873)). These are not just fringe players either, with key players like Vicente Guaita, Patrick van Aanholt, Jeffrey Schlupp, Christian Benteke and Andros Townsend available to leave on a free transfer in the summer as things stand.

Some of the players, like Mamadou Sakho, may be good to get off the wage bill, as the [injury prone](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mamadou-sakho/verletzungen/spieler/47713) defender struggles for game time consistently ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mamadou-sakho/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/47713)). So the club and in particular Chairman Steve Parish have to be very clever about whose contracts they extend.

However, this is a big ‘concern’ for Hodgson, and it is quite frankly crazy to have such a massive portion of the squad on expiring deals.

***In other Palace news, have a read of a bizarre statistic about the club which fans aren’t happy with [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-news/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-crazy-stat-about-the-club-since-hodgson-took-over/)!***