CRYSTAL Palace boss Ian Holloway says new signing Aruna Dindane is a "gamble worth taking" and revealed the Ivory Coast striker is more famous than international team-mate Didier Drogba.
"I'll admit, he doesn't speak much English, so we'll have to translate his French!," Holloway says in his Croydon Advertiser column tomorrow.
"I've heard that if you walked into a bar with him and Didier Drogba in the Ivory Coast, everyone would all flock over him, not Drogba – that's how famous he is.
"All I can say is how hard he's worked in the last three or four weeks has been a full credit to him, and with what we can achieve right now in the league, I think he's a gamble worth taking."
And Holloway admitted he doesn't expect any more movement ahead of today's loan deadline.
"I don't think any loan business is going to happen because everyone is ringing about and there hasn't been any other players training with us recently."
Holloway talks in-depth about Dindane and what the forward can give to Palace in his exclusive Croydon Advertiser tomorrow, while he reveals some good news on the injury front to three of his players and also gives his opinion on Glenn Murray missing out on the Player of the Year award.
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"I'll admit, he doesn't speak much English, so we'll have to translate his French!," Holloway says in his Croydon Advertiser column tomorrow.
"I've heard that if you walked into a bar with him and Didier Drogba in the Ivory Coast, everyone would all flock over him, not Drogba – that's how famous he is.
"All I can say is how hard he's worked in the last three or four weeks has been a full credit to him, and with what we can achieve right now in the league, I think he's a gamble worth taking."
And Holloway admitted he doesn't expect any more movement ahead of today's loan deadline.
"I don't think any loan business is going to happen because everyone is ringing about and there hasn't been any other players training with us recently."
Holloway talks in-depth about Dindane and what the forward can give to Palace in his exclusive Croydon Advertiser tomorrow, while he reveals some good news on the injury front to three of his players and also gives his opinion on Glenn Murray missing out on the Player of the Year award.
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