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BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Three Palace players in Williams' underrated XI of the season
As the dust settles on this Premier League campaign, we asked former England international Fara Williams for her underrated XI for the selected three players who have represented Crystal Palace this HendersonI've gone for Dean Henderson as the goalkeeper in my underrated XI because he capped a quietly reliable season with a standout performance in Crystal Palace's historic FA Cup several loads from boyhood club Manchester United, it has taken time for Henderson to find a home. He impressed at Sheffield United but struggled slightly at Nottingham Forest as he moved out of the shadow of Old was not a guaranteed started for Palace after making the permanent move in 2023 but this season has truly stepped up and been a solid presence behind a defence that has grown in stature and confidence as the season went MunozI have been extremely impressed by Munoz this season. His energy and fitness levels to get up and down that right hand side is not only has the intelligence to get himself into space in attacking positions and the quality to deliver dangerous crosses and shots at goal, but the engine to recover and get back to not leave his fellow defenders exposed.A very powerful runner and impressive ChalobahA player who could only help Palace in the first half of the season before he was recalled to Chelsea, but a consistent performer all season who dealt admirably with difficult scenarios and an uncertain future to earn a call-up for Thomas Tuchel's post-season England could have shut off when deemed surplus to requirements at Chelsea, or when they recalled him mid-season, but he worked hard, delivered seven or eight out of 10 performances every week, and deserves his chance at international is maybe not your modern day centre-back who steps into the play but he defends solidly and wins his Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Nat Hayward
BBC News
5 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Do players thrive once they leave Man Utd or were club right to sell?
Scott McTominay - Serie A winner with Napoli. Jadon Sancho - Conference League winner with Chelsea. Dean Henderson - FA Cup winner with Crystal Palace. There was a time when leaving Manchester United was viewed as the start of a slow decline in a player's that still the case?Wednesday's Conference League final saw two players, currently contracted to United, on opposite sides in the shape of Sancho, who has spent the season on loan at Chelsea, and Brazil winger Antony, who joined Real Betis on a temporary basis in United's bosses carry out an inquest into a disastrous 2024-25 campaign, Sancho ends the season with a European winners' medal after Chelsea's 4-1 victory in Wroclaw, addition, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Matteo Darmian - who have both spent time at United in recent years - could feature for Inter Milan when they face Paris St-Germain in Saturday's Champions Final in does leaving Manchester United help revive your career given Sancho, Antony, and McTominay have all done well away from Old Trafford? 'Napoli move making of McTominay' It is not that long ago that McTominay was a bit-part player at United - starting matches on the substitutes bench. Last summer the Scotland wanted a change of scenery - and United wanted money to help them fit in with the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR).The Lancaster-born player had been with United for over 20 years - first attending a soccer school at the club aged five - but made the bold decision to start again in Italy.A fee of £25.7m looks an absolute bargain wonder his former boss at Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, recently told BBC Sport, "how you can sell Scott is beyond me".McTominay's game stats have improved in almost all areas since he left Old Trafford to link up with former United team-mate Romelu Lukaku at scored 13 times and provided four assists in 2,972 minutes on the pitch in 2024-25 compared to 10 goals and three assists in 2,772 minutes at United the previous passing accuracy has increased from 82.7% to 85%, while the chances he has created per game has also improved along with touches in the opposition box. Former Scotland midfielder Paul Lambert told BBC Sport moving to Italy had been the making of McTominay."Leaving Manchester United... there's a perception that British football is the be-all-and-end-all," said Lambert, who won the Champions League as a player with Borussia Dortmund in 1997."It's not. Playing European football brings players on quicker. It makes you grow up quicker."Then-United boss Erik ten Hag did not want to do the deal with Napoli for McTominay, according to BBC Sport chief football news reporter Simon Stone."From a Manchester United perspective, you really need to look beyond the deals themselves, understand why they happened - and focus in on the real issues," said Stone."The glaring one is Scott McTominay. Former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told me in Istanbul earlier this month that he could not get his head round why the Scotland international was sold."The rationale was simple. While Erik ten Hag didn't want to do the deal with Napoli, it was the only way to generate funds under PSR to bring in Manuel Ugarte."The theory was solid, the execution was wrong because Ugarte has not delivered what was anticipated." From 'cold guy' at United to Betis goalscorer Other examples of players flourishing away from Old Trafford include Brazil winger managed five goals in 62 Premier League appearances after joining United for £81.3m in 2022, before moving to Spain to sign for Real Betis in January after struggling for first-team has since managed nine goals - five in La Liga and four in Europe - and is loving life again, despite finishing with a runners-up medal in the Conference League final."We saw a very cold guy at Manchester United, since Antony has gone to Betis and things have been working, we've seen him cry, we've see him laugh and Betis fans love that," said Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague. Will Antony back at Old Trafford next season? Well, he remains under contract at United until 2027 although a permanent move to Betis could suit both parties."In Antony's case, there is not a single United fan who would argue the Brazilian should have been given more time," said Stone."The issue with Antony was the ridiculous fee paid for him."Henderson, who found himself behind David de Gea in the pecking order, has also seen his career kick on since joining Palace in a £20m deal in August 2023 having been with United since the age of the past 12 months he has made his first England start and helped deliver Palace a first major trophy after he saved Omar Marmoush's penalty in the 1-0 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup United have no European football to look forward to, Henderson will be playing in the Europa League next season. And what about Anthony Elanga?Like Henderson, he too will be playing on the continental stage with Nottingham Forest, whose seventh-placed finish has earned them a spot in the Conference forward Elanga, who cost Forest just £15m from United in 2023, provided 11 Premier League assists and chipped in with a further six goals in had been with United since he was 12 and achieved a first-team breakthrough in 2021, reaching 55 appearances before Forest stepped in after Ten Hag decided Elanga did not have the quality needed to be enough of an influence on his Gea, a Premier League champion with United in 2012-13, will also be playing in the Conference League next season after helping Fiorentina finish sixth in Serie A. Going backwards after leaving United Of course, there are plenty of recent examples of players' careers going backwards since leaving 2016, United paid a then-world record £89m to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus. He left in 2022 and the World Cup winner with France in 2018 is currently without a club after he was given a four-year ban in February 2024 for a doping offence - but in October that was reduced to 18 Martial, who left in 2024, is now playing in Greece for AEK Athens, while Jesse Lingaard is contracted to FC Seoul in South Donny van de Beek, who cost £35m in 2020, is playing in Spain for Girona, who have just finished 16th in La Liga. Will Garnacho thrive away from Old Trafford pressure cooker? There are several players expected to leave United this summer as Ruben Amorim attempts to stamp his mark on the squad and bring in his own signings after taking charge last those likely to depart is Marcus Rashford, who has been on loan at Aston Villa and accepts he will not play for United again while Amorim remains in charge. In addition, the United boss has told winger Alejandro Garnacho he will be allowed to join a new club this Garnacho and Rashford, a two-time FA Cup winner and Europa League winner, thrive elsewhere?Those who watch United regularly believe Garnacho, who is still only 20, has not been helped by the pressure brought about by the lack of experience in the United point out that when Cristiano Ronaldo was 20, and not at his consistent best, he had the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes around him, whereas Garnacho has struggled after being thrown in at the deep end. In addition, the future of Sancho - who initially left following a dispute with Ten Hag - remains unclear despite scoring for Chelsea in a European final on he start next season at Chelsea - or return to United?"Like Antony, Sancho has had a decent season at Chelsea," said Stone. "But if he had been that good, the Blues would not even be considering paying £5m to send him back to United."The issue with these deals is not what the players have done at their respective clubs, it is the form of the people United replaced them with."
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Crystal Palace FA Cup trophy parade: Thousands of fans line the streets in south London - as Oliver Glasner and his side head to Selhurst Park to celebrate historic title
As the Crystal Palace buses carrying their FA Cup heroes reached the corner of Whitehorse Lane and Park Road, and Selhurst Park came into view, the grey clouds finally gave way and the rain began to fall. The thousands who lined the narrow roads leading to the stadium pulled up their hoods and wrapped flags around their necks to guard them from the elements. A few even stuck plastic shopping bags over their heads as they waited for the coaches to come past. Nothing, though, was going to dampen this party. Blue and red flare smoke filled the air. Children hung from lampposts and stood on garden walls, craning their necks to get a glimpse of their champions. A dad hoisted his daughter on to his shoulders, her pig tails held together with red and blue ties. A couple of locals perched themselves on their roof, perched on the open bedroom windows. On the top of the coaches, a beaming Oliver Glasner clutched the FA Cup trophy in his hands. Will Hughes partied with a scarf around his head a bottle in his hand. Ismaila Sarr wore a bucket hat and waved his flag, Jefferson Lerma set off his own red flare. Dean Henderson grabbed the microphone and sang Palace's anthem Glad All Over. When everyone eventually made it inside Selhurst Park for their 'party on the pitch', the goalkeeper led a more sober reworking of Shakira 's hit Waka Waka than the one he performed in the celebrations after the Wembley final. 'We finished 12th, who gives a f***…we won the FA Cup!' This is a feeling none of the thousands of fans here have experienced before, celebrating the club's first ever major trophy after Eberechi Eze's goal secured a 1-0 win over Manchester City Street vendors flogging t-shirts, scarves and bucket hats did a roaring trade. The sound of vuvuzelas rang out like it was the 2010 World Cup. One man carried a cardboard cut-out of Glasner lifting the FA Cup down Whitehorse Lane, prompting a chorus of 'We've got Super Ollie Glasner' from those along the road. Mail Sport spent the day among the jubilant Palace supporters, many of whom never expected these days to come. 'I never thought it would happen,' admitted 83-year-old James Pickard, who has followed the club for 75 years, here with two of his sons and three grandchildren. Another man in his late 60s wiped tears away as he admitted never belived this day would come. Wherever you looked, you saw Palace fans from all generations, from every background, celebrating together. All of them united by their region and their club. 'That's what's special about South London – all races, creeds and religions,' added his son Stephen. One fan strode towards the ground in his Palace shirt with 'grandad' written on the back, a present from his daughter, who suffered a still birth in February. 'I'll wear it with pride,' he said. Another Palace supporter called Dan stood on a wall next to Mail Sport while waiting for the buses and told how he'd endured a power cut 83 minutes into watching the FA Cup final and only regained it as the game went into stoppage time. 'It was probably less stressful,' he added. On the train earlier, father and daughter Andy and Ruby were ready to celebrate. Ruby wrapped herself in a Columbia flag in honour of defender Daniel Munoz, her favourite player, who was later named the club's player of the season. Andy has spent every day since the win checking the list of teams who Palace could play in the Europa League. 'If Tottenham can win it, we can,' declared another supporter marching towards Selhurst Park. Later in the day, when the players took to the stage in front of thousands of fans on the Selhurst Park pitch for the end-of-season awards, Glasner spoke with the same ambition. 'We all will enjoy this journey, playing the Premier League, playing the Carabao Cup, playing the FA Cup and now playing the Europa League. Four competitions, four titles to win, let's go for every single one,' said Glasner, who gave no indication he would be saying goodbye to the Palace project just yet. Palace chairman Steve Parish echoed those sentiments. 'Winning is a drug. There's no reason we can't do it again. The manager is already preparing for next season. There is no respite for anyone. We need to deliver in the close season for the manager and we are going to try to push on.' When you've never done anything like this before in your 120-year professional history, you can't expect everything to run smoothly. There was some disappointment that the short parade route, consisting just three roads around the stadium, had not been extended to include Crystal Palace Park, the club's old home and former host of the FA Cup final, but disagreements between the club and the local authorities meant it was not able to be organised in time. A delay to the start of the parade also left fans stood around for longer than expected and some followed BBC News coverage on their phones to see how far away the coaches were. One lad got caught by a false alarm and let off his flare far too early. But like Palace's long quest for a trophy, it got there in the end and was well worth the wait.
France 24
26-05-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Glasner challenges Palace to win more trophies after FA Cup glory
Rain towards the end of the Eagles' open-top bus parade through the streets of south London could not dampen the enthusiasm of Palace fans determined to revel in the club's first major trophy in its 119-year history. "It's very exciting, and we all will enjoy this journey, playing the Premier League, playing the Carabao (League) Cup, playing the FA Cup and playing the Europa League," Glasner said on stage. "Four competitions, four titles to win, let's go for every single one," the Palace manager added. Glasner led Eintracht Frankfurt to Europa League glory in 2022, with the 50-year-old Austrian now credited with transforming Palace's mentality and ambition since arriving in south London in February 2024. "I couldn't be more pleased to work with a group of players like they are," added Glasner. "Not just because of their talent, they are great talents, but especially what great characters they are (and) I couldn't be more pleased to manage in a club like Crystal Palace with fans like you. "We had tough moments in this season, but you were always behind us. You always supported us, and my feeling was we were always one Crystal Palace, and that's why we could win the trophy, that's why we could succeed, so thank you very much for your support, and let's keep going like this." Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who saved a penalty in a 1-0 Wembley win over City where Eberechi Eze's goal sealed victory, said Monday: "This is for the fans. You deserve this. Enjoy it, and we'll be back next season with more, hopefully." © 2025 AFP
Glasgow Times
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Oliver Glasner urges Palace to chase more trophies as fans celebrate FA Cup win
It rained towards the end of the Eagles' open-top bus parade, which started at the top of Whitehorse Lane before making its way to Holmesdale Road, but the weather did not dampen the spirits of the large crowds who gathered along the route to soak in the unprecedented moment in their club's history. Lucky supporters who had snagged tickets to the 'Party in the Park' then welcomed their heroes at the 101-year-old ground, which next season will host Europa League football for the first time. 'It's very exciting, and we all will enjoy this journey, playing the Premier League, playing the Carabao Cup, playing the FA Cup and playing the Europa League,' Glasner said on stage. 'Four competitions, four titles to win, let's go for every single one.' Austrian Glasner, 50, led Eintracht Frankfurt to Europa League glory in 2022, and has been credited by players and his Palace bosses for transforming the mentality and ambition of the club since arriving in February 2024. 'I couldn't be more pleased to work with a group of players like they are,' he added. 'Not just because of their talent, they are great talents, but especially what great characters they are (and) I couldn't be more pleased to manage in a club like Crystal Palace with fans like you. 'We had tough moments in this season, but you were always behind us. You always supported us, and my feeling was we were always one Crystal Palace, and that's why we could win the trophy, that's why we could succeed, so thank you very much for your support, and let's keep going like this.' Goalkeeper Dean Henderson was one of the party's most boisterous participants, first leading a rendition of 'Glad all Over' on the bus, then the less family-friendly spin on 2010 World Cup anthem Waka Waka – poking fun at Palace's perennial 12th-place Premier League finishes – he first performed at Boxpark after Eberechi Eze's goal against Manchester City secured the Eagles' first major silverware. Palace fans watching the players celebrate on stage (Yui Mok/PA) 'This is for the fans,' Henderson said. 'You deserve this. Enjoy it, and we'll be back next season with more, hopefully.' Colombian Daniel Munoz, celebrating his 29th birthday, was presented with the players' player of the season award by former captain Joel Ward, who played a significant role in Palace's promotion in 2012-13 and is leaving the club after 13 years. Ward said: 'It's been magical, honestly, to be a part of this club's history is incredible, this group of players, this group of staff and all these fans, we deserved it, and everyone should be on cloud nine. It's amazing. 'Absolutely (beyond my wildest dreams). There was certainly a bigger hand at play, and to end it on such a high, to end it on such an incredible day, is very special.'
