Roy Hodgson salvaged a brilliant 11th-place finish for Crystal Palace in the Premier League last season, following a disastrous start under his predecessor Frank de Boer.

The Eagles had lost their opening four games without scoring a goal when the Dutchman was sacked and replaced by Hodgson, but the poor run continued until their eighth fixture when they netted for the first time and secured an impressive 2-1 win against Chelsea at Selhurst Park.

From then on they gradually moved up the standings, and their final placing and tally of 44 points was particularly impressive, with the likes of Wilfried Zaha, Andros Townsend and Chelsea loanee Ruben Loftus-Cheek excelling in attack, while Mamadou Sakho shone at the back on his return from injury alongside James Tomkins at the heart of the backline.

Having only finished 10 points seventh-place Burnley last term, there is certainly the potential for the south London club, whose fans want to see a 29-year-old re-sign for them this summer, to replicate Sean Dyche's men's success if they are enjoy a successful summer transfer window, and Hodgson will be relying on chairman Steve Parrish to delive the players he needs.

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While Mamadou Sakho and James Tomkins formed a strong partnership towards the end of the 2017/18 season, you can't help but feel that the Eagles could be even better defensively if they find an upgrade on the latter.

Dragovic could be the answer even though he often failed to make it into the starting XI under Claude Puel during a season-long loan spell with Leicester City last term.

The Austria international may not want to join the Foxes on a permanent basis if he isn't guaranteed regular minutes, and Hodgson should move to bring the no-nonsense defender to Selhurst Park instead.

While he suffered from a few injury niggles during his season-loan spell with the Eagles last term, it would be fair to say that when he was on the pitch during his 24 Premier League appearances that he was a huge success.

As well as scoring two goals and providing a further four assists, his skill and link-up play with the likes of Andros Townsend and Wilfried Zaha was particularly impressive, and if Hodgson could bring him to Selhurst Park on a permanent basis he would surely jump at the opportunity.

The 22-year-old says that he will decide his future after the World Cup, and Parrish must bring him in if he leaves Chelsea.

If Palace are to gatecrash the top seven next season then they need a centre-forward who is going to make a bigger impact and score more goals than Christian Benteke will, and they should make a big-money move to bring FC Porto striker Aboubakar to Selhurst Park.

The Cameroon international scored 26 goals in 43 appearances in all competition last term, and the pace, power and goalscoring threat that he clearly brings, he could form a fearsome attacking trio alongside Zaha and Townsend next term that could take the Eagles into Europa League contention.

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