July 22 2004

Crystal Palace

Finnish international JOONAS KOLKKA has finally completed his move to Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee.

Palace had to wait for international clearance before they could confirm his signing and the 29-year-old will make his Eagles debut in Saturday's friendly at Ipswich.

KOLKKA joins new signings defenders Mark Hudson and Emmerson Boyce and keeper Julian Speroni. Boss Iain Dowie wants to buy five more players before the start of the Premiership campaign.

Hungarian goalkeeper Gábor Király is still on trial, while compatriot Sandor Torghelle is believed to be in talks with Palace about a move.