Get me striker and it'll be an Oli jolly Xmas

BUT GLASNER TOO BUSY TO BUY GIFTS FOR OTHERS!

- BY NEIL MCLEMAN

OLIVER GLASNER "needs" a new forward for Crystal Palace this Christmas.

But when it comes to presents for his family, he fears that he will be too busy to buy one for his wife Bettina over a hectic festive period.

Six months on from their Wembley triumph, Palace host Manchester United tomorrow only 62 hours after the 2-1 UEFA Conference League defeat at Strasbourg.

They enter the weekend fifth in the Premier League, with the Austrian claiming the FA Cup winners are proving they are not 'one-hit wonders'.

Their eight games next month include visiting Arsenal in the Carabao Cup quarter final - one of four competitions they are still in this season - on December 23.

It had been discussed to play it on Christmas Eve.