Alan Pardew will step up his efforts to bring in at least two forwards in the wake of his Crystal Palace side’s opening-day defeat and Yannick Bolasie’s imminent transfer to Everton in a £30 million deal. The need to improve his side’s cutting edge was reinforced by Saturday’s defeat, which confirmed that the attacking limitations of a team who won only two league games during the second half of last season have not been resolved. Having so far been frustrated in his efforts to sign Christian Benteke, the Liverpool forward, and Saido Berahino, the West Bromwich Albion forward who increasingly…

Source: The Times August 14, 2016 23:03 UTC