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So I noticed other mid table clubs like Man Utd have their own club threads and thought it was time for the "Pride of South London" to have an official club thread as well.
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Lots of things to look at right now.

1. New Manager - should we keep Roy until the end of the season?
2. New Signings - what do we need, what can we get?


1. New Manager

Personally I think that we need to keep Roy until the end of the season. I think he will do enough to keep us somewhere midtable. I don't think we made the correct decision in keeping him in the summer but we are where we are. Steve Cooper is a decent shout I think but personally I would love to see us try and sign Graham Potter.

2. New Signings

I think it is locked in that we will lose both Olise and Guehi in the summer. Both of them have been playing well and I think any of the top 6 clubs would be delighted to have them. I think we could do well in recruiting replacements now ahead of the summer. It would be great to sign a striker who can score goals but I think we are cursed on that score.
 
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Stu999 said:
Eze will have plenty of admirers too.
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I agree, but I think he is less likely to move this summer. I think Guehi is ready to move and Olise has got a release clause in his contract. It will be hard to keep either of them. I think we can probably keep Eze for another season at least.
 
OK, this is a bit of a wild card. Mourinho has just been sacked by Roma. His stock is certainly lower than it used to be.

He did talk about managing Palace in the past. Could we see him at Selhurst Park as a complete left field appointment? Would he actually be able to do a good job with a smaller budget?

The latest name we seem to be linked with is Carrick and that just doesn't excite me at all.
 
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Robbo said:
Bayern want Glasner.

He's done very well, I wonder if this will unsettle things...

theathletic.com

Bayern fail in €18m move for Palace's Glasner

Bayern Munich have failed in an attempt to hire Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner as Thomas Tuchel’s successor. As first reported by German news outlet Bild, Bayern were proposing an €18 million (£15.5m) compensation package for the 49-year-old but Palace have no interest in letting him...
theathletic.com theathletic.com
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Honestly, I get the impression that Glasner doesn't want a job like Bayern. Before we appointed him I saw him linked with several "big" clubs. When Palace signed him interviews suggested that what appealed to him was the ability to build something rather than win trophies. There was quite a bit of friction at Frankfurt for him and that came down to him not being given the freedom and backing to run things the way he wanted.

I'm delighted to see him do well so far but it is too early for me to call him a good appointment. Pardew had an amazing spell when he first signed.

I think if he does well he will potentially move on but I don't think he will go to a big name club. The sort of thing that I could see him interested in would be something like the Newcastle job, but only if he was given a lot of autonomy.
 
He played for the French U18s and U21s. That is it. He is eligible to play for France, England, Nigeria and Algeria.

He was born in England and has lived all his life in England. One parent is Nigerian and one is French-Algerian. I get the impression he doesn't really feel any connection with playing for England though. I know that Southgate spoke to him a while back.

Edit : According to the Mail they spoke in 2022
 
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Yes, the rumour with Textor is that he wanted to flip Palace and buy Everton. He wanted to buy out Harris and Blitzer and then immediately sell the shares to buy Everton.
 
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To be honest it is the usual ******** from UEFA. If we were called PSG, Real Madrid or Man City it wouldn't be a problem.

They can't take our FA Cup win away though
 
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Robbo said:
The thing is, they know the rules on multi-club ownership, so is this actually justified in terms of the rules?

I know it seems very unfair, but it's hardly a shock. I'd say it's an injustice if other clubs with the exact same issue have been given a free pass, but is that actually the case?
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Honestly, no.

Palace's position is that they were not part of a multi-club ownership setup. Textor, a minority shareholder, had no control of the running of the club. Which is why he was trying to sell his stake and buy another club - Everton notably. Palace is a well run club and all the clubs which are part of his multi-club ownership scheme are a basket case.

The arbitrary deadline to place his shares in a blind trust was moved for this season to March. A point at which Palace were unaware they would be competing in Europe. Also, they had no way to compel Textor to do this and as he was actively trying to sell his shares he wouldn't have wanted to do so.
 
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Unfortunately, while a unique situation and very easy to sympathise with Palace, it was justified under the rules, something even Steve Parish accepts.

While Palace and the other shareholders will say they’re not part of a multi club model, John Textor very much is and is entirely open about that. And as the largest shareholder in Palace it’s very hard to argue that he does not have any input into the running and decision making at Palace and that’s ultimately the issue.

Ultimately by teaming up with Textor the club and other shareholders have left themselves at the mercy of Textor. Palace would have avoided this if Textor had taken the required steps to give up his voting rights at Palace. Unfortunately Textor is the worst of the worst investors, funding his investments with huge debts, who cannot just quickly sell or put his shares into trust.
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Did you see this article I posted the other day?

www.telegraph.co.uk

Chelsea and Aston Villa being fined while Crystal Palace are banned would be a mockery

Should Uefa bar South London club from Europa League due to a matter beyond their control it would reek of hypocrisy
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk
 
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