Crystal Palace

Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalist

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Crystal Palace have made some good signings this summer but one of their biggest results of the window was to keep hold of Eberechi Eze.

The forward was a big player for the Eagles last season and is even more so now after Michael Olise departed for Bayern Munich.

Against Chelsea, he scored a sublime equaliser, with a curled strike that very few goalkeepers would have been able to save. He could have got a winner too but Chelsea threw players in the way of his shot.

The goal was Eze's first of the season but he could easily have had three or four already, having had a goal disallowed and a shot hit the woodwork in previous games.

The second half was a strong performance by Palace and one they can build on as they look to pick up their first win of the season.

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Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner, speaking to Sky Sports: "Congrats to the team for the performance particularly in the second half. That was really, really good and we scored a fantastic goal. It was a great team performance today and I am very pleased with the point.

"I have such a high respect of this group. I know their character. We had 14 players from the first team squad today with some injuries and the new players arrived on the last day so couldn't play today.

"In this situation it is really amazing how they stick together. I am really proud to be manager of this amazing group."

On Eberechi Eze goal: "In this situation it is very often a goal. He could have had three or four goals already after three games. We know when he gets the ball in this area he can always score. It is just to get him there."

Should Will Hughes have been sent off? "I don't know if he was lucky but it was a very big mistake from myself. My assistant said at half time to take him off but I decided to keep him longer. I am really happy the referee didn't destroy my Sunday.

"He was a little bit late but it was not a terrible foul. I think it was a good decision for the game because otherwise there would have been many yellow cards and we want to see 11 v 11."

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Eberechi Eze has scored five Premier League goals from outside the box in 2024, the joint-most of any player along with Manchester City’s Phil Foden.

All of Eze’s last three goals have come from outside the box.

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Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Palace, a lot was made about Oliver Glasner coming in last season and the exciting brand of football.

Chelsea are never far away from a crisis and they had everybody scrutinising the way they do the business in the market and their top-heavy squad. But Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer linked up superbly last week.

Palace will be quite expansive but I think that will suit Chelsea.

Chelsea's tails are up, I think they'll down the eagles.

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Crystal Palace have announced the signing of Trevoh Chalobah on a season-long loan from Chelsea.

After coming through the ranks in west London, the 25-year-old defender has made 80 appearances for the Blues including in the Champions League.

He is Palace's seventh signing of the summer, following Chadi Riad, Daichi Kamada, Ismaila Sarr, Maxence Lacroix, Eddie Nketiah and Matt Turner.

"I'm delighted to join an ambitious club like Crystal Palace," Chalobah said. "I know some of the boys in the squad well and I'm looking forward to playing alongside them in front of the amazing support at Selhurst Park.”

Chairman Steve Parish added: “Trevoh is a talented young man and when the opportunity to bring him to Palace for the season arose, we were determined to seize it. I’m delighted that he has joined us on loan, and we believe he will be a great addition."

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Following the permanent move of goalkeeper Sam Johnstone from Crystal Palace to Wolves, the Eagles have signed Nottingham Forest shot-stopper Matt Turner on loan for the 2024-25 season.

Turner, a USA international, joined Forest from Arsenal last summer.

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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says Eddie Nketiah has the "energy, talent and hunger" to succeed at Selhurst Park.

Arsenal academy graduate Nketiah has signed a five-year deal and becomes Oliver Glasner's fifth summer signing.

Parish said: "It is brilliant to welcome Eddie, a senior England international, back to South London. We are delighted that he has signed for Crystal Palace.

"I am confident that his energy, talent and hunger to succeed will endear him to his new team-mates and supporters alike."

Nketiah, who scored 38 goals in 168 appearances before leaving Arsenal, said: "It is amazing to sign for Crystal Palace - I'm excited to get going.

"Every time I come back to South London, it always puts a smile on my face, so it is good to be back home."

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Former Premier League midfielder Michael Brown believes Crystal Palace's decision to hold onto defender Marc Guehi will not lower his price in the future.

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live Brown said: "The money Crystal Palace would have got for Marc Guehi is safe with him. They have managed to keep him and they will still get the figure another time down the line.

"Without being disrespectful to Newcastle I think bigger clubs will come in for him and perhaps even offer more."

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Crystal Palace midfielder Naouirou Ahamada has joined Stade Rennais for the remainder of the season.

The 22-year-old has made 31 appearances for the Eagles since signing from Stuttgart in 2023.

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New Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix has described his move to the Eagles as a "dream" after reuniting with manager Oliver Glasner at Selhurst Park.

"I'm really happy to be here and arrive at this good team," he said.

"I watched Palace's last games and I was really happy for the coach, because I'd played under him before.

"I think it's the right moment to move to the Premier League."

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Leicester City are exploring a late move for Crystal Palace striker Odsonne Edouard.

Foxes boss Steve Cooper has wanted an extra forward and Leicester are seeing if a deal is possible.

It is unclear whether it is permanent or a loan at this stage - and it would certainly be too late for any debut against Aston Villa in the Premier League this weekend.

Edouard has scored 21 goals in 103 appearances since joining the Eagles from Celtic in 2021.

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has said England centre-back Marc Guehi will not be leaving the club before Friday's transfer deadline.

Glasner said it was "never really in doubt" that Guehi would stay, despite Newcastle's interest in the defender.

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BBC Sport football news reporter

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The situation with Dean Henderson and Sam Johnstone at Crystal Palace was not sustainable, with both players wanting to be number one and having international hopes.

Johnstone had been England's number two before injury and then Henderson took his space in the squad for Euro 2024 while he was out.

Matt Turner is being added on loan from Nottingham Forest until the end of the season and will already know that he is behind Henderson in the pecking order.

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Oliver Glasner was in a good mood at Crystal Palace's training ground as he spoke to the media before the match with Chelsea on Sunday.

The Palace boss confirmed that Marc Guehi will be staying at the club after continued interest in the England international from Newcastle.

The Eagles have already sold Joachim Andersen, Michael Olise and Jordan Ayew this window but Glasner says all of the noise around the club did not affect the mood at the club.

"When I compare, when I arrived in here in February the mood of the team and the club and compare it with the mood now, it’s completely two different levels," he says.

"Maybe we lost some players that we didn't want to lose but that's part of football.

"We were well prepared. Maybe you could be critical with us that decisions could have been taken earlier but it is what it is.

"Sometimes in football things happen that you wish don't happen or wish happen earlier.

"We couldn't influence the rumours about Marc for example, it didn't influence us, the relationship between us and Marc and him and his team-mates."