Roy Hodgson is determined to keep Eberechi Eze at Crystal Palace this summer.
The forward has attracted interest from several clubs following his impressive debut season at Selhurst Park.
But the Eagles boss is convinced they can fend off any potential suitors.
It has not really occurred to me as we’ve only just signed him.
It was quite an investment for our club to pay 15 (million pounds) and then five (million pounds) in add-ons – that’s quite a big investment for us.
I wasn’t contemplating that it was an investment that would only last one season and then he would move somewhere else, so I hope that is not the case.
I am pretty sure the club will work very, very hard to make sure any interest in him will be warded off because we bought him into the football club to play for us and to make us better, we didn’t bring him into the club to make some small profit on a transfer at the end of the first season.
It is his first season since coming from the Championship and you expect people to need a bit of time to get fully adjusted to play at this level, and we are delighted with him.