Crystal Palace Will Back Oliver Glasner In Market After Eze Departs For Arsenal

The Crystal Palace chairman, Steve Parish, has confirmed that Eberechi Eze is group to complete his move to Arsenal but has been urged to find replacements by his intelligibly disappointment manager, Oliver Glasner.

Palace will caput to Norway for nan 2nd limb of their Conference League playoff against Fredrikstad connected an artificial aboveground with a 1-0 lead thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta’s header. But pinch Eze having pulled retired connected nan greeting of nan crippled citing unwellness aft Arsenal agreed a interest worthy up to £67.5m for nan England guardant connected Wednesday evening, they struggled to break their opponents down and Parish acknowledged that it is imperative Palace are decisive successful nan transportation marketplace this week.

“He’s been awesome for nan club,” he said of Eze to Channel 5. “We each emotion him for what he’s done and what he’s achieved and we’re pleased that he’s going to spell connected and fulfil nan different ambitions that he’s got. But nan king is nary longer nan king, right? We person to move past it and we person to find different players to bring successful that could support nan remainder of nan squad and Oliver.” Parish besides admitted that Marc Guéhi could still depart Palace pinch Liverpool willing successful signing nan Palace captain, who has entered nan last twelvemonth of his contract.

“If Marc wants to motion a contract, past he tin stay. If he doesn’t want to motion a contract, past we person to look astatine it,” he said. “It’s a difficult situation. Every nine for illustration us, and peculiarly if you’re successful Europe, nan financial rules are a batch tighter than nan Premier League. They’re a batch tighter. Everybody has to waste players to, you know, comply pinch nan rules. So that’s a business we’ll person to look astatine successful nan adjacent 11 days.”

But Glasner was only half-joking erstwhile he suggested that Guéhi’s departure earlier adjacent week’s 2nd limb would unit nan erstwhile defender into considering playing himself.

“I conscionable cognize if Marc leaves, and is not disposable for Fredrikstad, we would person large problems,” he said. “It’s beautiful clear. We can’t registry anyone. So from my side, he has to stay. You see, we played pinch Jefferson Lerma successful nan backmost today. He’s a midfield player. We person nary centre backs disposable astatine nan moment, and if Marc leaves, OK, possibly I will effort my boots, because I was a centre backmost and this could beryllium a bully option. I will deliberation astir it.”

Palace person spent nan slightest magnitude of immoderate nine successful Europe’s apical 5 leagues and person earmarked Leicester’s Bilal El Khannous arsenic a imaginable replacement for Eze.

Asked whether he felt disheartened by nan business aft starring Palace to nan FA Cup glory successful May, Glasner added: “I deliberation it’s amended I don’t talk excessively overmuch astir it. Because, you know, I commencement to get … And it’s amended than not ever saying what you are emotion and what you’re thinking. We person to act. We request this. And this is Crystal Palace’s future. The floor plan is defined for months. It is not astonishing for everyone that Ebs left. We missed nan chance to switch him early enough. That’s wholly our responsibility and cipher else’s.”