Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has confirmed the club are interested in signing Besiktas striker Cenk Tosun next month.
The Eagles have been heavily linked with a move for the Besiktas striker all season as they look to ease the pressure on Christian Benteke in attack.
Hodgson will have money to spend in January to help bolster their chances of survival and the Palace boss has confirmed the club have been tracking the 26-year-old.
“I know him, he plays in the Champions League,” the London Evening Standard quote Hodgson as saying on Thursday. “The club have watched him, yes. I don’t think there’s been any further contact between the clubs, I’d be surprised if that’s the case.
“At the moment I have no information whatsoever that we are going to sign Cenk Tosun so if tomorrow the chairman says to me I’ve got you a player, Cenk Tosun. I shall be as surprised as you are.”
Tosun has established himself as an important player for Besiktas during his three years at the club but has really flourished in this season’s Champions League.
Four goals in six matches helped Besiktas through to the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time in their history as they topped a competitive group that included Porto, Monaco and RB Leipzig.
