Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish is delighted with their deal for Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho.
The Eagles splashed out around £25m for the French ace, who had a massive impact at Selhurst Park on loan last season from Liverpool.
Parish told the Croydon Advertiser: "It's a four-year deal with an option for a fifth and it's massive for us, absolutely massive as he was such a big part of us last year.
"He's an amazing character, someone who everyone at the club has grown fond of. He's a unique personality, it's not just what he does on the pitch for us, but what he means to us off it.
"All the players have wanted us to bring him back, the supporters have been driving me mad too, so he was our number one target and the second highest transfer record in our history (after Christian Benteke).
"Both him and Christian came from the same club, we're Liverpool's best friends I think! So we're really, really happy.
"We are also disappointed as there were another couple of deals we wanted to do that didn't get done - but the positive news of that is we have some money left over for January now.
"Now let's hope we can get some points on the board. Obviously, Mamadou has not had a full pre-season and we've got to get him fit. It's good we're in an international break but we're not sure how long that's going to take.
"It's been a tough, tough day for everyone involved."
Source: tribalfootball.com