Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is promising an exciting summer of recruitment at Selhurst Park after the club effectively guaranteed their Premier League survival with a comeback victory at Stoke City . Palace are now 11 points clear of the drop zone and Pardew can think about building for next season , buoyed by the new Sky Sports TV deal and a possible takeover from American businessman Josh Harris . Recruitment is now uppermost in Pardew ’ s mind and he revealed : ‘ We are getting calls regarding players from Inter Milan and Benfica because they are our market now . Alan Pardew 's Crystal Palace came from behind to beat Stoke 2-1 at the Britannia Stadium . Pardew ( left ) congratulates wing wizard Yannick Bolasie at full-time after Palace 's impressive victory . Wilfried Zaha has scored in his last two games against QPR and Stoke , the first time he ’ s netted consecutively since October 2012 in his first spell with Palace . ‘ 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 . ‘ It ’ s important to preserve your Premier League status early . 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 . ‘ We are pretty secure in approaching clubs and players now as a Premier League side for next season and that ’ s what we will do . We have the finance to do what we say we are going to do . So it does give us a slight advantage. ’ One player who will remain is reborn winger Wilfried Zaha who scored the winner at The Britannia for his first back-to-back goals since 2012 . In February , Wilfried Zaha ( right ) was sad , but according to Alan Pardew he is now playing with a smile . Zaha signed for Manchester United after Palace 's promotion , but his career nosedived at Old Trafford . Zaha ’ s career nosedived after a £15million move to Manchester United went sour and he has gone from being capped by England to not even making the Under 21 squad . He was ordered to smile more and sulk less by Pardew last week and celebrated his goal at Stoke by playfully sticking out his tongue . ‘ He looked a sad player when I arrived ( from Newcastle in January ) , ’ said Pardew . ‘ You are never going to play your best football when you 're sad and sometimes good management is not about tactics but inspiring players . He was down in the dumps for whatever reason . ‘ Young players need that exuberance , particularly with the way he plays . And smiling and being happy is part of that exuberance. ’ Nonetheless , 22-year-old Zaha doesn ’ t plan on transforming himself into a cartoon clown . ‘ I do smile when I need to ! , ’ he stressed . Crystal Palace players celebrate with Glenn Murray after he scored a penalty to draw Palace level . Stoke manager Mark Hughes was distraught with two key decisions by referee Andre Marriner . ‘ When it is time to be serious , I ’ m serious . When it is time to play around I will play around . ‘ We ’ ve got the points we ’ ve needed to now so we can play without pressure and enjoy the rest of the season. ’ There wasn ’ t much hilarity from beaten Stoke manager Mark Hughes who felt his side were robbed by two key decisions from referee Andre Marriner after taking a 14th-minute lead from Mame Diouf . Hughes has joined West Brom manager Tony Pulis in saying technology should be brought in immediately to stop the wrong decisions being made . The Stoke boss was furious that Mr Marriner awarded Palace a penalty when Asmir Begovic and Yannick Bolasie collided and Glenn Murray levelled from the spot . And after Zaha had put Palace ahead , the official waved away a strong appeal for handball against Palace defender Joel Ward . Hughes believes that Palace defender Joel Ward ( right ) was guilty of handball in the penalty area . Hughes slammed the standard of refereeing in the Premier League this season . Hughes said : ‘ It was clear to everybody that he has thrown his body , his arms to stop the ball going goalwards . It was a shot on target , he was not close to the ball , he was about five yards away so it was a clear penalty . ‘ I don ’ t think the standard of refereeing this year has been as good as it needs to be . They need a little bit of help and I ’ m an advocate of TV replays . ‘ I think it is quite simple . If a big decision is made , he needs to ask the question : is there any reason why I should not give a penalty , or why I should not give a goal . Within 10 or 15 seconds they can give the referee an answer and there will be more correct decisions . They need to be given that option because at the moment they need a lot more help . ‘ I think we have reached a tipping point . Before there were debates one way or the other but now I think it needs to come in . ’
Crystal ##fica came from a point behind to beat Stoke 2 - 1 on aggregate . Palace are now 11 points clear of the relegation zone in the Premier League . Alan ##fica says they are getting calls regarding players from Inter Milan and Benfica because ' they are our market now ' The squad boss says Wilfried price was down in the dumps when he arrived but is now playing with a smile on his face .