Bamford: Sorry about that ‘terrible’ thing I said

Chelsea striker Bamford recently ended his season-long loan at Palace after failing to make a single Premier League start for the Eagles.

“I am not going to comment on Loic Remy because I think that is unfair – we play Chelsea on Sunday”.

After taking 31 points from 19 Premier League games, Yohan Cabaye is aiming to help take Crystal Palace into Europe next season. They were cemented in the relegation zone on goal difference, three points off the foot of the table and staring at life back in the Championship. He has quickly overhauled the entire culture of the club, from one that was content to survive and avoid defeat to one that now sets out to win every game, both home and away.

Chelsea do not have much time to recover and will now have to deal with an away trip to Selhurst Park.

Bournemouth are understood to be preparing a bid to try and secure the services of Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford on-loan.

The Eagles are now looking to fill the void left by Bamford, with another Chelsea forward tipped as a likely candidate to replace the 22-year-old.

The year 2015 has been a fantastic one for Alan Pardew’s Crystal Palace side.

On the last three occasions that Pardew has faced Chelsea in a Premier League home game as a manager his side have picked up the victory (Feb 2013, Nov 2013 & Dec 2014 whilst at Newcastle).

“The only thing that was missing was the goal because we had a lot of possession and managed to get in the final third enough times”, Ward said.

In a statement they said: “Police were called at 17.00hrs on Monday, 28 December to reports of a fight at The White Horse, Selhurst Road, Croydon. They’re good players to get in front of for a young player”.

Crystal Palace will be without top scorer Yohan Cabaye as they look to do the double over Chelsea on Super Sunday.