21-05-2025
Crystal Palace confident ownership rules will not deny them Europa League
Crystal Palace are confident that Uefa's rules on multi-club ownership will not prevent them taking up a place in next season's Europa League.
The US businessman John Textor, who owns 43 per cent of Palace's shares, is also the majority shareholder of French club Lyon, who could also qualify for the Europa League.
Uefa says clubs owned, controlled or operated by the same entity cannot play in the same competition, and for this season that required a number of clubs to be placed into 'blind trusts' to avoid conflicts of interest.
Palace believe that as Textor has no say over the operation of Palace they already comply with the rules. Textor only has 25 per cent of the voting rights at Palace, alongside the chairman
