Crystal Palace attacker Jordan Ayew says its premature to start thinking about the club playing in Europe as there is still a lot to play in a promising season so far for the Eagles.

Palace have in the past few years been battling relegation but this time round they are in the top echelons of the premier league with talk of Palace grabbing a place for Europe.

Crystal Palace currently lie 6th with 15 points 5 points outside the 4 with fourth occupied by Chelsea on 20 points.

Asked whether Palace should be challenging for European football, Ayew is cautious.

Ayew told the Mirror, “Listen there are not targets for us regarding European football - first we want to get to safety as soon as possible, then we will take it from there.

“Sometimes I can understand when people get excited because mostly we start the season slowly and then get up to speed. But we have started this season differently and are getting important results, so I understand why people are excited.

“Winter is coming and there will be so many games but the feeling in the dressing room is positive - the boys want to make it a special season so we are all hopeful that this season we can give something special but we need to still keep doing the basics for now."