Grand plans for Palace

CRYSTAL PALACE chairman Steve Parish insists the club’s transfer power will not be weakened by plans to spend £100million on redeveloping Selhurst Park. Parish yesterday unveiled plans to increase the stadium’s capacity by 8,000 to 34,000 by building a new main stand in time for the 2020-21 season. Palace hope the move will help generate an extra £15m a year. Official planning permission will be submitted to Croydon Council next month. Parish said transfer spending would be unaffected despite the huge financial outlay. ‘We’re already spending more on the transfer budget than we generate. That is ringfenced,’ insisted Parish.