'Uncertainty reigns at Palace'
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Rarely has a club record signing been met with such scepticism.
Crystal Palace have spent £48m on Jorgen Strand Larsen yet the jury is out. The Norway international has scored just once in the Premier League season after all.
Of course, Palace are banking on last season's Strand Larsen arriving, his 14 goals last season pushed Champions League Newcastle into trying to sign him last summer.
But there are supporters who still need to be convinced. Palace are in malaise.
Michael Olise is gone. Eze is gone. Guehi is gone. Glasner, their manager, is leaving at the end of the season – if not before. The team is disassembling at a rate fans are apprehensive about.
Last season's euphoric FA Cup triumph seems a distant memory; the club's spiral towards the relegation zone is in stark contrast to the jubilation of nine months ago.
Whether Strand Larsen is the man to inject some positivity back into Selhurst Park remains to be seen.
The addition of Brennan Johnson will provide further options for an attack that has misfired in recent weeks, but the late saga around Dwight McNeil will have done little to ease concern.
Uncertainty reigns at Palace - can the new signings provide some direction?
