News about Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

Crystal Palace have dismissed a second proposal from Southampton for young winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi. Southampton had already asked about a loan with an option and are now understood to have expressed a willingness to buy the 21-year old outright but Palace sources insist they have yet to receive an official bid. They are reluctant to deal with a Premier League rival and would prefer Rak-Sakyi to go out on loan to the Championship. They have noted the progress made by Omari Hutchinson who went on loan from Chelsea to Ipswich initially and recognise Rak-Sakyi is capable of having a similar impact on the division this season.

Roy Hodgson, the current Crystal Palace chairman, has regrets his choice of words in implying that Eagles' followers had been disappointed with recent years' performance at Selhurst Park, but has promised to continue the collected effort to lift his team's table. Palace was humiliated to a 2-0 home loss by Bournemouth on Wednesday night, when some supporters opted for a late departure before boos followed the final whistle, with one supporter launching a missile in Hodgson's direction as he walked away. With just one league victory in the last eight games, five of which have been lost, the 76-year-old explains all too well the resentments in the stands at his boyhood club.