OLIVER Glasner admitted he was “a little bit surprised” that Chelsea recalled Trevoh Chalobah – and said Crystal Palace were on the verge of confirming an incoming transfer.
Chalobah went back to Chelsea this week and is expected to challenge for a first-team place under Enzo Maresca.
The Eagles were close to a £15million deal for Millwall winger Romain Esse when Glasner was speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to West Ham United on Saturday.
“It was a little bit surprising that Trevoh was called back by Chelsea, but it’s very good for us that Chadi Riad is back,” Glasner said.
“We’ll do something [in the transfer window] if it makes sense, if we think we can’t find the right player to achieve our goals then we won’t do anything.
“I hope that we can announce a signing quite early. Maybe later today or tomorrow, and as I mentioned before we are looking for a second one but in a different position.”
Glasner also gave a squad update ahead of facing Graham Potter’s Hammers.
“Jeff Lerma is not available tomorrow – he is sick – but all the others who played at Leicester look quite good,” Glasner said.
“It could’ve been that he’d be back today, but then he didn’t feel really well, so then we decided it makes no sense.
“He felt a lack of power, and then we said, okay, we have to wait. We had to take him off after 20 minutes at Leicester and then he felt unwell, and this is what happened.”
“We have got a little small question about Ismaila Sarr. He’s suffering a little bit with tightness in his hamstring, but we will take the final decision tomorrow.
“But all the others are fine.”