Packed Oli days delay contract talk

OLIVER GLASNER has claimed there is “just no time” to discuss a new contract before his Crystal Palace play three games in only five nights before Christmas.

- BY NEIL MCLEMAN

The FA Cup holders need a win against Finnish side KuPS tonight to avoid the playoffs and go straight into the last 16 of the Europa Conference League.

Palace then travel to Leeds on Saturday night, before visiting Arsenal in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday.

The Austrian is out of contract next summer and a potential target for top clubs in England and Germany. A report in Spain yesterday claimed Getafe’s Jose Bordalas is on Palace's list of possible replacements.