Glasner Fears Crystal Palace Will Repeat Mistakes Of Last Season Without New Players

There is nary mobility Oliver Glasner will beryllium taking Sunday’s Community Shield arsenic earnestly arsenic his past travel to Wembley, for nan FA Cup final. The Crystal Palace head admitted he was still smarting from losing doubly successful a statement against his girl Alina astatine Connect 4 aft nan team’s caller circuit to his autochthonal Austria, wherever they prepared for nan crippled against Liverpool. “I was really upset, really,” Glasner said. “This, I think, is conscionable a mindset you person and this is what we effort to create always: person nan assurance that you tin triumph it and springiness your best.”

Instilling that benignant of belief into nan players has been credited by nan Palace chair, Steve Parish, pinch inspiring Glasner’s broadside to hit Manchester City successful May. The Cup triumph was nan southbound London club’s first awesome trophy and was meant to enactment arsenic a springboard for further success, particularly arsenic Parish had promised aft nan semi-final triumph complete Aston Villa that they would not repetition “some of nan mistakes” of past summer, erstwhile 4 players were signed connected deadline time and Palace had to hold until their ninth Premier League crippled for a win. “It’s not really you wished a transportation model would work,” was Glasner’s withering appraisal past October.

But Palace’s readying has been severely disrupted by nan uncertainty surrounding which European title they will play in. Parish spent astir of Friday astatine nan tribunal of arbitration for athletics successful Switzerland arsenic nan nine effort to person their demotion from nan Europa League to nan Conference League overturned. Glasner again revealed his vexation during nan Austria tour, saying he had been “promised that we would beryllium much progressive and bring successful nan caller players earlier this year”.

He attempted to downplay those comments connected Friday and predicted that Palace would beryllium successful overmuch amended style than astatine nan commencement of past season. Glasner besides straight-batted questions astir nan futures of Eberechi Eze and Marc Guéhi, some linked pinch moves away. He was ne'er acrophobic to speak his mind astir squad finance during spells successful complaint of Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt, and his reluctance to talk extending a statement that, for illustration Guéhi’s, expires adjacent summertime is different awesome headache for Parish to woody with.

Crystal Palace were hoping they could usage their FA Cup triumph arsenic a springboard for much occurrence but person been bogged down successful arguments complete their European place. Photograph: Getty Images/Sportsphoto/Allstar

“This statement is not important astatine nan moment,” Glasner said. Asked whether what happens earlier nan extremity of August could impact whether he wants to resume talks, he replied cryptically: “We will see.”

At Wolfsburg Glasner was group connected a collision people pinch nan sporting head Jörg Schmadtke – who spent a twelvemonth astatine Liverpool successful nan aforesaid domiciled – when, successful November 2020, he publically criticised nan nonaccomplishment to bring successful capable attacking reinforcements aft qualifying for nan Europa League. Glasner remained successful complaint until nan extremity of nan play contempt a rocky narration pinch Schmadtke and guided Wolfsburg to 4th successful nan Bundesliga earlier leaving to subordinate Eintracht.

He voiced akin concerns aft starring them to triumph successful nan Europa League and agreed to depart astatine nan extremity of nan 2022-23 play contempt reaching nan German Cup last and nan knockout stages of nan Champions League.

With only nan backup goalkeeper Walter Benítez and Croatia defender Borna Sosa, who will compete pinch Tyrick Mitchell to commencement astatine near wing-back, added this summer, clip is of nan principle for Palace erstwhile they observe their destiny astatine Cas connected Monday. Signing a guardant is simply a priority, having been beaten by Aston Villa to Ivory Coast striker Evann Guessand and pinch Eddie Nketiah apt sidelined for 2 months pinch a hamstring injury. Glasner would besides for illustration much protect cover, pinch Chadi Riad expected to beryllium retired until astatine slightest October arsenic nan Morocco world recovers from a knee injury.

“It’s not [that] I want finance – it’s astir Crystal Palace,” Glasner said. “What I opportunity is my expertise and my advice, what Crystal Palace should do to beryllium competitory successful 4 competitions. If personification thinks that’s nonsense, OK, let’s see. That’s it. I didn’t say: ‘Hey, motion 3 players, because past Oliver Glasner is happy.’ I will spell location and beryllium happy today. Everything’s fine. If Crystal Palace want to make nan adjacent measurement and beryllium amended than past year, past it’s my advice. Let’s motion astatine slightest 2 players that tin execute this.”

Palace are hopeful their entreaty to Cas will beryllium successful and Glasner acknowledged it had been difficult to judge Uefa’s determination astatine a nine who person ne'er played successful a awesome European title and will title their first Community Shield tomorrow.

“If we person to play successful nan Conference League it feels for illustration we are punished but being innocent,” he said. “On nan different broadside if we had ended nan play successful position 7 and spell consecutive into nan Conference League we each would person celebrated. So these are nan 2 feelings we have.”