Palace 'dismayed' by Uefa's decisionpublished at 10:51
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Crystal Palace say they "are extremely dismayed by Uefa's decision to exclude the club from the Europa League."
The Eagles were ordered on Friday to compete in the Conference League by Uefa for breaching multi-club ownership rules.
Nottingham Forest, who finished seventh in the Premier League last season, could replace FA Cup winners Palace in the Europa League.
In a statement, the club said: "It's clear for everyone to see that we are not part of a multi-club operation and never have been. Further with the completion of the sale of Eagles's football's shareholding to Woody Johnson there will be zero possibility of conflict of interest once the competition begins.
"We will continue to press our case and work with Uefa to achieve the fair and just outcome so that we may take our rightful place in the Europa League, as well as taking legal advice to consider our options, including an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport."
Missing out on Europa League a 'travesty'published at 18:49 11 July
18:49 11 July
Alex Pewter Fan writer
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On Thursday, the first qualification games for the Europa League began, with every team aiming to make it to the coveted league phase. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace were still awaiting a long-awaited decision as to whether they would be joining them despite winning the FA Cup nearly two months ago.
After Friday's Uefa ruling went against the Eagles, Palace will now have to appeal to the Court of Arbitration of Sport if any hope of overturning it.
Palace are a conservative club - risk-averse and asset-rich, rather than debt-laden. The team has not delved into the type of 'creative' PSR-easing transfers seen en masse a year ago. There has not been the sale of a training ground or women's team to a parent company to generate accounting profits. There has not been any transfer activity that would indicate being part of an elaborate multi-club ownership model (MCOs), as is the accusation.
Logically, chairman Steve Parish would only need to point to the state of financial disarray at each of the Eagle Football-controlled teams to make his case that John Textor has been unable to exert decisive influence at Crystal Palace, despite his group's soon-to-be former shareholding.
If there were the sense that the club had been skirting around rules and regulations, then only the most blinkered or ardent fans would still reject Uefa's decision to prevent Palace from competing in Europe's second competition.
As far as Palace are concerned, on the pitch, they earned entry into the Europa League, a competition with an iconic trophy and a more-than-50-year legacy. Had the team earned a place in the Conference League on merit via the Premier League, this would have been an admirable achievement.
However, in this context, it only seems like a consolation prize and leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
Palace fans are fundamentally opposed to the concept of multi-club ownership. It is a travesty that a club with a chairman who has resisted further encroachment and a majority takeover by Textor's Eagle Football should be the ones falling foul of, quite frankly, opaque rules to begin with.
In my view, Uefa's passive governance has allowed MCOs to infect European football.
Crystal Palace appear to be unfortunate bystanders to that.
Palace expelled from Europa League by Uefapublished at 16:38 11 July
16:38 11 July
Katie Stafford BBC Sport journalist
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Crystal Palace have been expelled from the Europa League and will play in the Conference League next season.
Uefa have ruled that John Textor - Palace's co-owner - breaches their multi-club ownership rules with his other stake in Ligue 1 outfit Lyon.
Palace earned their place by winning the FA Cup, but their admission was rejected on Friday and Lyon's was accepted, meaning the French club remain in the Europa League.
Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest are set to replace them in Uefa's second continental competition.
The decision can be appealed before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, in accordance with Uefa statutes.
Uefa reach decision over Europe for Crystal Palacepublished at 16:31 11 July
Who is Palace newboy Sosa?published at 13:00 11 July
13:00 11 July
Tom McCoy BBC Sport Journalist
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Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Ajax defender Borna Sosa to finally provide some competition for Tyrick Mitchell at left-back.
Sosa, 27, will hope to recapture the form he showed during five seasons at Stuttgart, where he established himself as one of the best attacking full-backs in Germany.
During his final three years at the club, the Croat registered 24 Bundesliga assists during that time, the joint-highest figure of any defender in the league for that period, but his career has stalled since then.
Three weeks after joining Ajax in 2023, the man who signed him, director of football Sven Mislintat, was sacked. Sosa soon fell out of favour and started just 10 Eredivisie games before spending 2024-25 on loan at Torino, where he began only 14 Serie A matches.
Though capped at various youth levels by Croatia, he controversially tried to switch allegiance to Germany prior to Euro 2020, only to discover at the last minute it was not permitted under Fifa rules.
He quickly issued a public apology, admitting he had been "wrong" and "naive", and has since won 26 caps for his native country, including five starts as they reached the World Cup semi-finals in 2022.
With Palace hoping to complete in the Europa League next season, Sosa's experience could prove a useful option for manager Oliver Glasner.
Palace sign Ajax left-back Sosapublished at 11:29 11 July
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New signing Borna Sosa says he has "heard so many good things about Crystal Palace" after completing a move from Ajax.
The Croatia international, who is a left-sided wing-back, has signed a three-year deal at Selhurst Park after spending last season on loan at Torino in Serie A.
"I'm very excited to join Crystal Palace," Sosa said. "I've heard so many good things about the club.
"I cannot wait to meet the players, the staff, and all of the fans, because I've heard so many good things. I'm very, very excited to be here.
"I think everybody agrees it is the best league in the world with so many exciting and good games. I can't wait to see the stadiums and experience the atmosphere. I'm excited.
"I'm curious about the speed of the game that everybody speaks about in the Premier League. I want to see how it really looks like because it feels, when you watch on television, that every game is like a show.
"The coach, Oliver [Glasner], has told me a lot of good things about the fans. He said that they're really positive and that the atmosphere is unbelievably loud in the stadium."
Chairman Steve Parish said: "We believe Borna will be a fantastic fit for Crystal Palace. His credentials speak for themselves, and his arrival adds additional quality, experience and depth to our squad.
"I look forward to welcoming him to south London."
Sosa, 27, is Palace's second summer signing following the arrival of goalkeeper Walter Benitez.
'I don't have decisive influence' - Textor on multi-club ownershippublished at 11:29 11 July
11:29 11 July
Katie Stafford BBC Sport journalist
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Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor says Uefa have been given a document that says he has no influence on the management decisions of the club.
Textor's involvement with both Palace and French club Lyon looks set to cost the Eagles a spot in the Europa League under Uefa's rules governing multi-club ownership.
"The document that I signed when I signed onto the shares, says clearly, that I'm not entitled to have any say in management decisions," Textor told Talksport.
"They've [Uefa] seen that document, and I've sat there in the room and said 'OK, stop talking about the 25% and using that argument because it's below the Uefa threshold of 30%.
"My document says I have 0% vote so why would it be a problem?"
When asked how much responsibility he will take if Palace do get demoted to Conference League, Textor said "we all do as owners," before being pushed to answer about him personally.
"I'll admit to not even thinking about the issue [prior to Palace winning the FA Cup].
"Of course, I have to. But I also read the rule.
"Everybody is talking about it like it is so obvious.
"If you have decisive influence then you may need to consider this but I don't and I didn't.
"If I had decisive influence, then those Brazilian players that just beat PSG in the Club World Cup, half of them would be coming to Crystal Palace next year.
"But you don't see one single player from our network of clubs, that's made their way on to the Palace roster.
"That is the source of my frustration with the lack of collaboration we've been able to have with Crystal Palace."
Palace 'fear the worst' over Europa League decisionpublished at 16:34 9 July
16:34 9 July
Sami Mokbel Senior football correspondent
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Crystal Palace's Europa League dreams now rest with Uefa, with those at Selhurst Park fearing the worst.
They are waiting on Uefa to decide whether John Textor's stake in the club breaches the governing body's multi-club ownership rules by the end of the week.
Uefa's decision to delay their ruling on whether Textor held decisive control at Selhurst Park has irked many at Palace, who believe the governing body wants to avoid making a resolution.
With Lyon having won their appeal against relegation from Ligue 1, Uefa cannot avoid the ruling much longer. It begs the question that if Uefa believed Palace were not in breach of their rules, would they have made that decision by now?
That is the concern for the Eagles.
Palace will likely have the comfort blanket of playing in the European Conference League next season, which would still represent their first foray into European club competition.
But if it comes to that, a sense of a massive miscarriage of justice will grip Selhurst Park.
They will not take it lying down either as the club have already explored their legal options before taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if required.
Gossip: Arsenal ready to offer player in bid to land Ezepublished at 07:33 9 July
07:33 9 July
Arsenalare prepared to offer a player swap for Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze and look set to beat Tottenham Hotspur to the attacking midfielder's signature. (Sun), external
Crystal Palace are monitoring the situation of Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney, with the 23-year-old drawing interest from several Premier League clubs, including Everton, West Ham, Brentford and Fulham, as well as European sides such as Porto, Stuttgart, and Bayer Leverkusen. (Sky Sports), external
Last Pundit Standing - finding the BBC's next football expertpublished at 17:47 8 July
17:47 8 July
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The BBC's search to find a new football expert is under way, with 12 content creators competing in Last Pundit Standing to win a role as BBC Sport's next football content creator.
The first two episodes of the show - co-hosted by former Watford captain Troy Deeney and YouTuber and football presenter James Allcott - are available to watch on iPlayer, as well as BBC Sport's YouTube channel and TikTok account, with new episodes every week until 11 August.
The contestants, who were chosen from more than 400 applicants, will be whittled down through a series of tasks staged at iconic football locations as the creators are challenged by some of the biggest names in the game.
Italian defender Davide Calabria, 28, is also a target for the Selhurst Park club. He impressed on loan at Bologna last season but is a free agent after leaving AC Milan when his contract expired. (Sky Sports), external
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