PALACE BOSS SAYS BUY, BUY

CRYSTAL PALACE boss Alan Pardew is promising an exciting summer of recruitment at Selhurst Park after the club effectively guaranteed Premier League survival.

They are 11 points clear of the drop zone and Pardew can think about next season, buoyed by a possible takeover by American businessman Josh Harris.

He said: ‘We are getting calls regarding players from Inter Milan and Benfica because they are our market now.

‘Palace now come into the same group as everybody below the likes of everton, Tottenham and Liverpool, and the most important thing is to try to trade well.

‘If you leave it late, it is very difficult to get players. You don’t want other teams putting packages together and working on players before you can.’

One player who will remain is winger Wilfried Zaha, who scored the winner.

SUPER STAT: Zaha has scored in his last two games, against QPR and Stoke, the first time he’s netted consecutively since 2012.

STOKE CITY (4-2-3-1): Begovic 6; Cameron 6, Shawcross 6, Wilson 5.5, Pieters 5.5; Adam 7.5, Nzonzi 6; Diouf 7, Ireland 6, Arnautovic 7; Crouch 6.5 (Walters 78min).

Subs not used: Butland, Bardsley, Wollscheid, Sidwell, Teixeira, Whelan, Walters. Booked: Begovic, Adam, Pieters. Scorer: Diouf 14.

CRYSTAL PALACE (4-2-3-1): Speroni 7; Ward 6, Delaney 6, Dann 6.5, Souare 6 (Kelly 70, 6); McArthur 7, Ledley 6; Zaha 7 (Gayle 81), Puncheon 6, Bolasie 6: Murray 7 (Ameobi 86). Subs not used: Hennessey, Mariappa, Hangeland, Sanogo. Booked: Zaha, Souare, Gayle. Scorers: Murray 41 pen, Zaha 45.

Man of the match: Charlie Adam. Referee: Andre Marriner 4.5.