"?Free agent Mathieu Flamini is being targeted by Crystal Palace after Alan Pardew revealed his interest in signing the former Arsenal man to add experience to his midfield, according to "?Sky Sports.
The London club endured a busy transfer window bringing in the likes of Christian Benteke, Loic Remy, Andros Townsend and James Tomkins. However, the club failed to add depth to their central midfield options.
Flamini left Arsenal in the summer after two separate spells with the club but could be set for a Premier League reunion. Pardew stated that a deal for the Frenchman is certainly on the cards and has expressed his liking for the player.
He said: "Yes, there is scope to bring in one more into the squad - I did that on purpose as I thought there might be a player we can take who is not under contract, who might just fit what we're doing.
"Mathieu is a player I am looking at, yes. He would give us a bit more experience to winning games. I like the fact whenever he played, he played in the big, big games at Arsenal when they needed someone to kind of lead the team over the line and get big results.
"Mathieu's name was always on that list. I have always admired what he's done, so I am looking at him. His age, 32, in my mind I signed Teddy Sheringham when he was 38, so the age isn't a problem for me. I think his experience is something I am looking at, yes."
Pardew identified the midfield area as the one which requires the most attention and has discussed the current options at the club with Flamini:
"We've had a couple of meetings with Mathieu to talk about what he would do here and how he would feel about competing with (Yohan) Cabaye, (James) McArthur, (Jason) Puncheon, (Jordon) Mutch, Chung (Yong Lee) and (Joe) Ledley.
"I think another one (in midfield) is where I'm going to go with it, but whether it's him or not, I don't know."
The Palace boss will be hoping he can secure the signature of Flamini after losing out on current Arsenal player, Jack Wilshere, who made a deadline day switch on loan to Bournemouth.
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