DE BOER: I’D BE HAPPY WITH TOP-12 FINISH

FRANK DE BOER admits a mid-table finish for Crystal Palace will make him happy. De Boer won the Dutch league four times while Ajax boss but said it would be ‘fantastic’ to finish in the Premier League’s top 12. Palace face Huddersfield Town at home today and De Boer said: ‘We want to make a solid club and if we achieve that then I am as happy as when I lifted a trophy.’