Crystal Palace want 19-year-old Southampton winger Tyler Dibling to replace Eberechi Eze, whose move to Tottenham is edging closer. (Talksport, external)
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Alex Pewter
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesFor Crystal Palace, the key to this positive start to the season has been consistency. Consistency in tactics, coaching, and the selection of players. The starting XI on Sunday made up 77.6% of the minutes in the previous Premier League campaign, and Oliver Glasner's decision to opt for a training camp in Austria over a more unfocused pre-season tour has left the team well-drilled and in good order - a stark contrast to twelve months ago.
As far as the preparation for the game was concerned, at least to the outside world, the speculation around Eberechi Eze's inclusion in the squad could have acted as a distraction. As Glasner stated after the match, you can't always believe what you read on the internet, and the performance itself didn't reflect that uncertainty.
In the coming days, the team's focus shifts to the Europa Conference League and the first of two legs against Norway's Fredrikstad. Whilst perhaps you can't call the event momentous just yet, as reaching the league phase remains the critical milestone, it is an alien position for the club to be in.
Thankfully, despite the added workload the club is anticipating, Glasner has experience of the Thursday-Sunday grind of fixtures imposed on teams competing in Uefa's second and third competitions, and the squad will be well prepared for that in the short term.
However, while we can only speculate on transfer movements in the coming days and weeks, without certainty of which players will still be at the club once the window closes, there is still recruitment work to be done for the team to manage the burden of multiple competitions that Glasner will want to compete in.
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Crystal Palace want to retain Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi - who are targets for Tottenham and Liverpool respectively - until after the start of their Conference League campaign, which begins on Thursday against Fredrikstad. (Mirror, external)
However, Spurs have made a request to Palace over the payment structure of a deal for Eze, with a proposed offer of £55m plus add-ons. (Independent, external)
Meanwhile, Palace are lining up Rennes' 20-year-old French defender Jeremy Jacquet as a possible replacement for Guehi. (Independent, external)
The Eagles have approached Leicester City to explore the possibility of signing 21-year-old Morocco midfielder Bilal El Khannouss. (Athletic - subscription required, external)
And Palace are also considering a season-long loan deal for 29-year-old Wolves and South Korea forward Hwang Hee-chan. (Sun, external)
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Sami Mokbel
Senior football correspondent
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace have held talks with former Wolves sporting director Matt Hobbs regarding the vacancy left by Dougie Freedman earlier this year.
Multiple sources have told BBC Sport that Hobbs was a guest of Palace chairman Steve Parish at the club's Premier League visit to Chelsea on Sunday and is emerging as a contender for the club's vacant sporting director role.
BBC Sport first revealed Palace's initial interest in Hobbs on 30 July.
Freedman left the role as sporting director at the end of last season to take a multi-sport role with Saudi Arabia club Al-Diriyah.
There has been some doubt over whether Palace would look to directly replace Freedman, with recruitment consultant Iain Moody and assistant sporting director Ben Stevens taking on a wider remit since the Scot's departure.
But Hobbs is in line for a return to football at Selhurst Park following his departure from Molineux earlier this summer.
Sami Mokbel
Senior football correspondent
Oliver Glasner was adamant post-match on Sunday that Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi would still be at the club for Thursday, the club's first ever European game against Fredrikstad FK. It is such a massive occasion and both of them played such a key part in what will be a momentous match at Selhurst Park on Thursday night.
Whether they will play or not simply hinges on whether the deals - with Tottenham for Eze and Liverpool for Guehi - are made.
I know Glasner is banking on both of those being available but that is wholly dependent on negotiations between all of the clubs involved.
We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Chelsea and Crystal Palace.
Here are some of your comments:
Chelsea fans
Richard: Underwhelming would be a kind description. Blunt in attack and vulnerable in defence. The full attack was available but could barely muster an attempt on target. Do the players work on accurate shooting in training sessions? So little creativity on display. A really disappointing start and two home points are gone already. Much more is expected, starting Friday. Fortunate in the VAR intervention that ruled out the Palace 'winner'.
Nick: After the great summer, seems like we've put the handbrake back on. Really disappointing performance. We've got great attackers - we need to set them free and then the goals will come.
James: So much for our refurbished attack - they've got to start firing. Gittens was useless on that wing, Joao Pedro seemed non-existent. Delap had a good physical presence but couldn't get a shot at goal, Estevao was looking quite positive. Looking forward to when we start firing - we will be unstoppable.
Crystal Palace fans
Robert: A great gutsy performance by the whole team amid speculation of possibly losing Guehi and Eze. I really hope they will stay in this great squad. As for the disallowed goal, it was six of one and half a dozen of the other by both players which led to Eze's disallowed goal. I think the goal should have stood. Why on earth can't the transfer window close BEFORE the season starts? It's ridiculous how it is now.
Gary: I thought it was an excellent performance against Chelsea's millions. We only spent £2m so far. We've proved once again we can compete against the 'bigger' clubs. Eze was unlucky to have his goal ruled out as otherwise it was a win. An excellent performance, especially defensively.
Corin: Promising start to the season. Well organised in defence and dangerous in attack. Wharton is such an effortlessly classy player! Two years in a row we've had a goal disallowed in the first game. Should have been a penalty when Sanchez punched Guehi just before half-time. Glasner deserves praise for what he has achieved. If Eze and or Guehi go, they go with massive thanks and will always be legends at Palace. Without them, Palace will still be a test for anyone.
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Manchester United are weighing up whether to make a bid for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton. (Talksport), external
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Nizaar Kinsella
Football reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesThe biggest challenge for Crystal Palace is to keep this fantastic team together.
Manager Oliver Glasner picked the same starting XI in the FA Cup final win against Manchester City in May and again in last weekend's Community Shield victory over Liverpool.
There was one change against Chelsea as midfielder Daichi Kamada was replaced by Will Hughes, with the Japanese having picked up an injury in the Wembley shootout win over the Reds.
Glasner clearly knows his best team, but has complained in recent news conferences about a lack of depth - and lack of new players coming in.
For now, Palace remain a strong side, as they showed in this impressive display, but they are likely to get weaker before they can reinforce their ranks.
Spurs are in talks to sign star attacker Eberechi Eze and Liverpool have held discussions over Marc Guehi, who is in the final year of his contract.
There was also a £35m bid from Atalanta for striker Mateta earlier in the summer while there are reports Manchester United are interested in signing Adam Wharton next year.
This Palace team, which won the club's first major trophy and secured European qualification for the first time in history last season, is potentially about to be picked apart by richer rivals.
That fact was not lost on the away support at Stamford Bridge, who were heard chanting against former owner John Textor and Nottingham Forest's Evangelos Marinakis, having been demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League because of multi-club ownership rules.
Having been on the wrong side of the European courts in that case, it is no wonder the away end were chanting "it's not football any more" after they were denied a moment of celebration by VAR when Eze's strike was chalked off.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace drew 0-0 away to Chelsea in their opening Premier League fixture on Sunday and manager Oliver Glasner believes Marc Guehi and Eberechi Eze are 'aligned with Palace' amid rising transfer speculation.
"Ebs and Marc, there has been a lot of noise about these two players in the last week. Everyone could see the performances against Liverpool and today they were 100 per cent aligned with this team and Crystal Palace," Glasner told BBC Match of the Day.
"As long as they are 100 per cent committed, they will play as they are so good. I watched them all week in training, I spoke to them almost daily, maybe more than my kids and wife, but it's been worth it to talk to them.
"They didn't just show they are great footballers, but they are great people and that's what I expected."
He added, speaking to Sky Sports: "The 15, 16 players who had the most minutes last year are still here. There are a lot of rumours about Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi but they were 100 per cent with this group in Crystal Palace and they have proved that in a big way.
On the future of Eze, Glasner said: "Eb should have scored a goal today, he had one and it was disallowed. He will come tomorrow to the Crystal Palace training ground, Tuesday off, we take Wednesday and I expect him to be back playing for us against Fredrikstad."
Image source, Getty ImagesSince the start of last season, no Premier League team has drawn more matches than Crystal Palace (15), with the Eagles now drawing five of their last seven games (W2).
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Have your say on Chelsea's performance
What did you make of Crystal Palace's display?
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Chelsea give a debut to winger Jamie Gittens but are without defender Tosin Adarabioyo for precautionary reasons after he pulled up in training.
Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Acheampong, Chalobah, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Palmer, Gittens, Joao Pedro
Subs: Jorgensen, Fofana, Gusto, Hato, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Delap, Estevao, George
Crystal Palace start Eberechi Eze amid widespread reports of the forward nearing a move to Tottenham.
Star defender Marc Guehi also starts amid interest from Liverpool.
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Wharton, Hughes, Sarr, Eze, Mateta
Subs: Benitez, Clyne, Cardines, Sosa, Lerma, Devenny, Esse, Rak-Sakyi, Edouard
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There is real excitement about Chelsea at the moment.
They have just won the Club World Cup but the Premier League is the one they want and I bet one or two of their fans are thinking they have got half a chance this season.
This game might be a reminder of how hard that is going to be, because Crystal Palace are such a well-balanced and dangerous side under Oliver Glasner.
I still think Chelsea will win though. They have a few options up front now and some versatile attackers too, so they can try to break Palace down in different ways.
Sutton's prediction: 2-1
Tom McCoy
BBC Sport journalist
Chelsea and Crystal Palace have both won two trophies each since the end of the last domestic season and will hope to carry that momentum into the first London derby of the new Premier League campaign.
Palace claimed the first major honour in their history by winning the FA Cup final and also beat Liverpool on penalties last weekend to lift the Community Shield.
Chelsea, meanwhile, claimed silverware in the Conference League and the newly expanded Club World Cup.
But their summers have otherwise followed very different paths.
Chelsea's relentless turnover of players has continued apace, with over £230m spent on incomings and more than £190m recouped in sales.
New signings, such as Jamie Gittens, Liam Delap, Jorrel Hato and Estevao Willian, could make their league debuts for the Blues on Sunday, as could the in-form Joao Pedro. The Brazilian scored three goals in two starts at the Club World Cup and also netted in pre-season wins over Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan.
Palace, meanwhile, have spent just £2m - the second lowest figure in the top flight prior to the weekend - adding some squad depth with the recruitment of full-back Borna Sosa and goalkeeper Walter Benitez.
Despite unprecedented success on the field, it has been a testing period for chairman Steve Parish. On Monday, Palace lost their appeal against demotion from the Europa League to the Conference League, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport backing Uefa's decision that they were in breach of multi-club ownership rules.
The club are also braced for bids for Marc Guehi, who has entered the final year of his contract, and Eberechi Eze, who has been linked with Arsenal and Tottenham.
Losing Eze would be a real blow, particularly this late in the transfer window.
He has improved his total number of goals and assists in each of the past three seasons and either scored or created 26 goals in all competitions last term, the highest figure of his career.
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Sport's TV and radio commentators have picked two Crystal Palace players who will be worth watching out for in the next few months.
Romain Esse
Age: 20 Position: Midfield Country: England
Mark Scott: There was a buzz when Palace made Romain Esse their latest youthful acquisition from the Championship in January. That excitement grew after he bagged his first Premier League goal 25 seconds into his debut, but game time proved limited after that.
It is tough to dislodge Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr in attack, but Esse showed while he was at Millwall how good he can be at both taking on opponents and crossing, as well as cutting in and getting a shot away.
Should Palace get through their Conference League play-off, the extra games in Europe will afford him more opportunities to display those attributes.
Justin Devenny
Age: 21 Position: Midfield Country: Northern Ireland
Jonathan Pearce: Jason Devenny caught my eye the minute I saw him in Palace's 2-2 draw at Aston Villa last November. It was only his second game. He scored, but more than that he wanted the ball. He was hungry to make an impact.
He certainly did that with the winning Community Shield shootout penalty against Liverpool last Sunday. He'll never forget that and I've a feeling he'll have a big season.
