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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has confirmed the club will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) over Uefa's decision to demote Crystal Palace from the Europa League for breaching its multi-club ownership rules.

"We are still fighting," Parish told the The Rest Is Football, external podcast on Wednesday.

"There's an appeal process, so we go to Cas, and we're very hopeful. We think we've got great legal arguments.

"We don't think this is the right decision by any means. We know, unequivocally, that John [Textor] didn't have decisive influence over the club.

"We know we proved that beyond all reasonable doubt because it's a fact."

Textor is currently in the process of selling his stake in Crystal Palace to New York Jets owner Woody Johnson.

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Former Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey has announced his retirement from professional football.

The 38-year-old confirmed his decision on social media, writing: "I have decided to bring my playing career to an end. I look back with gratitude and forward with optimism as I take the next steps in my football journey."

After joining the Eagles from boyhood club Wolves in January 2014, Hennessey spent seven years at Selhurst Park, during which he made 132 appearances.

The Wales international also went on to have spells at Burnley and Nottingham Forest as a back-up shot-stopper, racking up 187 appearances and 37 clean sheets in his Premier League career.

Jay Crame
Fan writer

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The gathering of Crystal Palace fans in and around Selhurst Park on Tuesday night was just the start - a peaceful protest that was not just about Palace, but about the sport we love that is slowly being taken away from us. This is about football.

What has happened to Palace could happen to any club. The frustration is that we have not been allowed to enjoy the FA Cup win this summer as we should have been and, with Uefa dragging its feet over a decision, it has also impacted the club in terms of planning for the new season.

Yes, we still have European football, but there is a vast difference between the two competitions. Not just that, but the FA Cup winners face a two-legged play-off in the Conference League.

The Palace fans who congregated, led by the Holmesdale Fanatics, showed everyone the level of frustration we are all feeling.

All ages were in attendance, along with some fans of other clubs supporting our cause, targeting Uefa and its rules that we think are unfit for purpose.

Palace are extremely well run financially and have not been in the spotlight, but are being made an example of.

You have to ask yourself if this would happen to Real Madrid, Barcelona etc.

This is just the start. Football fans need to make a stand against what is happening to our sport.

There is no reason to exclude the Eagles from their rightful place in the Europa League.

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Celtic have been in contact with Odsonne Edouard's agents as they explore a return for the striker, who left for Crystal Palace in 2021 in a £15m deal and could be available for a similar fee as the Eagles look to offload the 25-year-old. (Teamtalk), external

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Arsenal are set to approach Crystal Palace to discuss whether they can do a deal for Eberechi Eze without triggering the attacking midfielder's £68m release clause. (Talksport), external

Liverpool have held talks with Jean-Philippe Mateta, with the Eagles striker meeting the Anfield club's representatives in Paris. (Footmercato - in French), external

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All 20 clubs earn a share of Premier League prize money. The amount each club receives depends on their league position and number of televised matches.

Prize money consists of UK and international merit broadcast payments, equal shares, commercial revenues and facility fees.

All clubs received a central commercial payment of £7.9m and equal shares from UK (£29.8m) and international (£59.2m) revenues.

Clubs are also paid a facility fee for matches broadcast on domestic TV. Liverpool had 30 of their 38 league matches televised - more than any other club.

1st: Liverpool - £174.9m

2nd: Arsenal - £171.5m

3rd: Manchester City - £165.5m

4th: Chelsea - £163.7m

5th: Newcastle United - £160.2m

6th: Aston Villa - £159.3m

7th: Nottingham Forest - £152.5m

8th: Brighton - £145.1m

9th: Bournemouth - £143.4m

10th: Brentford - £138.9m

11th: Fulham - £135.5m

12th: Crystal Palace - £136.1m

13th: Everton - £131.8m

14th: West Ham - £130.9m

15th: Manchester United - £136.2m

16th: Wolves - £123.1m

17th: Tottenham - £127.8m

18th: Leicester - £116.9m

19th: Ipswich Town - £111.1m

20th: Southampton - £109.2m

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Amid the news surrounding Crystal Palace's participation in Europe over the weekend, the Eagles released their new home kit for the 2025-26 season.

The new design features the classic red and blue colouring, with slightly narrower stripes than previous years' kits, which, the club say pay "tribute to shirts from years gone by".

The white, red and blue v-neck trim then "provides a fresh twist on a classic Palace style".

The launch saw Jean-Philippe Mateta, Marc Guehi, Maxence Lacroix, Eddie Nketiah, Adam Wharton, Justin Devenny and Romain Esse model the new kit, as well as Issy Sibley and Chloe Arthur from Palace Women.

New signing Walter Benitez also modelled the club's light green goalkeeper home jersey for the first time.

Palace wore the kit as they kicked off their pre-season fixtures with a 1-0 win against Millwall on Saturday.

Rangers are pushing to sign Crystal Palace winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, 22, on loan but they face competition from multiple other clubs. (Football Insider, external)

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Crystal Palace kicked off their pre-season fixtures with a 1-0 win against Millwall.

Winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, who a number of clubs have shown interest in this summer, scored the only goal of the game.

Palace travel to Crawley Town for their next friendly on Friday, 25 July.

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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."

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.

Seemingly, that argument has not convinced.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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."