Holding is one of the experienced players in the Palace squad, both in terms of age and his participation in European football, Holding hopes he can be a leader for his new side and his cited former captains Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny as the pair that he learnt the most from.
‘I’ve got a lot of experience, 28-years-old now and they’ve got quite a young team at Palace, they’ve got some young lads coming through,’ Rob holding told talkSPORT.
‘Any little things that I’ve picked up from my time at Arsenal when I first stepped into the changing room and you had the likes of Mertesacker and Koscielny, they are just leaders.’
‘If I can take any bits that I got from them and pass them onto the lads that are a bit younger at Palace now, then I can do that.’
