CRYSTAL MAZE

Palace eye route back to Europa League

- by TOM VICTOR

IN MAY, Crystal Palace were celebrating an FA Cup win and Europa League qualification.

Now, boss Oliver Glasner and the Eagles are waiting to see which European competition they will be playing in this season.

The issue at hand concerns multi-club ownership rules, specifically shareholder John Textor's held interests in Palace and Lyon at the time the two teams qualified for Europe.

When that happens, the team with the higher league finish go into the more prestigious Euro competition.

Lyon were sixth in France and Palace 12th in the Premier League, so the English side were bumped down to the Conference League.

Palace have appealed the ruling, with their case going before the Court of Arbitration for Sport today.

StarSport takes a closer look at some of their key arguments.

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