European demotion could galvanise Palace
Rory Smith, football correspondent at the Observer, also thinks the ruling from Cas could work in Palace's favour."I think there is a very good chance this ends with Palace winning the Conference League - and they should not be in the Conference League, they should be in the Europa League," Smith said. "It's ridiculous that they're not and it's ridiculous Uefa couldn't say look, this is clearly just an administrative oversight." In July, Palace submitted an appeal to Cas against Uefa - which issued the punishment - as well as Lyon and Nottingham Forest.Uefa rules state clubs owned, to a certain threshold of influence, by the same person or entity cannot compete in the same European tournament.Palace argued Textor did not hold any decisive influence at the club, but Uefa did not accept the Premier League side's defence."It may well be that - I don't know if it makes it bittersweet or just sweet or just bitter - Palace will be one of the three strongest teams in the Conference League," Smith continued. "There is a very good chance, especially if they keep Eberechi Eze and maybe Marc Guehi, that they end up with another trophy next season. "And it might be that the fans come to think of it as an unfortunate, [but] happy incident, I guess."
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