Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has disclosed that the club is looking to recruit new players this winter transfer window after injuries to a number of his first team players including Ghana defender Jeffrey Schlupp.

Only Watford, with nine injured players, currently have more players missing from their first team than Hodgson's Eagles, a situation the former England boss described as "the worst injury crisis I've faced in my five decades of football management"

Scott Dann and Jason Puncheon have notably been ruled out for rest of the season with torn ACLs while the injured Mamadou Sakho, Joel Ward and Andros Townsend aren’t expected to return to action until next month.

Loanee Ruben Loftus-Cheek could be available for selection next week but Ghana international Jeffrey Schlupp won't be seen again until March at the earliest.

Roy Hodgson claims it will be "ludicrous" if Crystal Palace don't sign any new players in the January transfer window.

By Daraja Mutari/Ghanaguardian.com