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France 24
4 days ago
- Business
- France 24
Glasner says demotion to Conference League would punish 'innocent' Palace
London club Palace qualified for the Europa League, by winning last season's English FA Cup. But the Eagles fell foul of UEFA rules governing multi-club ownership. European football's governing body determined that as of March 1, American businessman John Textor had control or influence at Palace and French club Lyon. Under UEFA rules Palace are unable to compete in the same European competition and Lyon held on to the Europa League spot by virtue of their higher league position. Palace, however, appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with club chairman Steve Parish appearing at a hearing on Friday and a verdict expected Monday. As Parish was speaking in Lausanne, Eagles manager Glasner was addressing reporters in London ahead of Sunday's Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season, between the reigning Premier League champions, Liverpool, and FA Cup-holders, Palace, at Wembley. "If you get punished when you feel innocent it's tough," said Glasner. "And it feels like this. If we play Conference League it feels like we are punished, but being innocent. On the other side, if we had ended the season on position seven and go straight into the Conference League, we all would have celebrated. "So these are the two feelings we have. But again, if you haven't done something wrong and you feel punished, you never feel good. So I think it's all of us, it's the same, and this is how we feel, or how we felt about the UEFA decision." Textor sold his stake in Palace to New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, a deal completed in late July. Glasner is adamant the row over which European competition Palace should play in has not distracted the team ahead of their Wembley showdown with Liverpool. "No, not at all," said the Austrian. "The first meeting we had after, when we met, it was just mentioned once. One slogan for us is 'we want to focus on the things we can influence', and so we can't influence the decision of UEFA, we have no influence on the decision of CAS. "So it just makes no sense, and the players really did very well the whole pre-season and training, worked very hard. We said, OK, on the 11th of August we will get the final verdict, and we will accept it, so it's the only thing we can do." © 2025 AFP
New York Times
4 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Crystal Palace delegation arrives at CAS to fight for Europa League return
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has arrived in Lausanne to present the club's case for reinstatement to the Europa League. Parish and Palace's lawyers have headed to Switzerland for their appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which will be heard on Friday, after they were demoted to the Conference League for breaching European football governing body UEFA's multi-club ownership (MCO) rules. Advertisement UEFA deemed the 43 per cent stake that Eagle Football, via its chairman John Textor, owned in Palace to be in conflict with Eagle's majority stake in French side Lyon after both clubs qualified for the Europa League. Due to Lyon's higher domestic finish, they were permitted entry to UEFA's second tier competition and Palace denied. Nottingham Forest will take their place if the CAS appeal is unsuccessful, having been promoted from the Conference League. A decision is due to be made on Monday, with Palace, who have hired Swiss lawyers to help their case, hopeful that they can overturn the decision which Parish described as 'a terrible injustice' based on 'the most ridiculous technicality you can imagine'. They will present a small number of main arguments, conscious of the time restraints given that the hearing will take place over the course of a day. Those points will include the argument that they have been treated unfairly, which is anti-competitive given that UEFA regulations state that all clubs should be treated fairly. Forest, too, will come into their arguments. Palace will make the claim that their fellow Premier League side are effectively in an MCO with Eagle Football's clubs, given their transfer dealings this summer in particular. A further point of contention is what Palace believe is an inconsistency in the application of the rules. This has two strands to it, with the deadline of March 1 to put in place sufficient measures to avoid a breach of MCO rules not being applied evenly. They argue that trust documents make it clear the deadline for putting shares into a blind trust was actually April 30. They argued in their hearing with UEFA last month that they do not believe Textor, who has now sold Eagle's Palace stake to New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, had decisive influence and putting shares into a blind trust when he was actively trying to sell them would not have been possible, it is the inconsistency in the rules that they are challenging. Advertisement The second strand of the inconsistency argument is their belief that emails show that clubs which belonged to the European Club Association (ECA) were able to be walked through the process of avoiding a breach of MCO rules. Palace will hope that these arguments are sufficient to sway the three-person panel at CAS and allow them to enter the competition for which they qualified by winning the FA Cup in May. Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
