Palace ‘threw away’ chance of better season with lack of signings – Glasner

The Eagles have struggled to strike a balance between performing domestically and competing in the Conference League.

Even their four Premier League games that followed a European night, including Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United, have failed to win.

After selling Eberechi Eze to Arsenal, manager Oliver Glasner believes the squad is restraining due to a lack of serious investment in them.

“We lacked a couple of chances in the transfer window in July and August to make things easier for us,” said the pair, “but we will stick together and make it better.” According to Glasner, BBC Match of the Day takes place.

The England international made a club-record £60 million, but Palace did not turn that into reinvestment.

The team made six permanent signings and one loan addition, with Spain’s Yeremy Pino making the most money after completing a deal worth up to £26 million.

You should invest rather than save, Glasner advised if you were playing European football for the first time in your history.

“I believe January has already added something.” More than 50% of our games will be played.

“We missed the chance to play an even better season in the summer, but everything was pretty clear and I didn’t say anything,” I said.

However, Palace’s story is not entirely doom and gloom.

With their position ninth in the Premier League after Sunday’s defeat, they are only two points clear of Brighton, who is fifth.

In addition to advancing to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, they have won two and lost two games in the Conference League. They are still in contention for a spot in the knockout phase.

However, Glasner worries that the fixture pile-up is beginning to wear off and that fatigue and injuries could cause their fading.

Ismaila Sarr, who scored eight goals in all competitions for the club between 2025 and 2026, was one of her standout players, but she injured her just before half-time against United.

When the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) kicks off next month, the Senegalese forward will also depart for international duty.

When questioned about Sarr, Glasner responded, “His ankle is quite swollen.

We are aware that we will miss him for a short while. We now appear to miss him for longer than that.

Although the squad was not significantly strengthened over the summer, Palace did manage to retain Marc Guehi as captain.

A 35 million deal with Liverpool was on the verge of being completed, with some reports suggesting Glasner threatened to walk if the sale was approved.

Later, Glasner, who has a deal until the summer of 2026, disproved those claims and claimed there were no “bad tensions” with chairman Steve Parish.

Guehi is also out of contract in June, and if he doesn’t agree to a new deal, he could leave for free.

After winning the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt and achieving success in Germany, Austrian Glasner came to Palace with a growing reputation and has continued to do so in England.

When it was thought about Ruben Amorim’s future at Old Trafford, Manchester United claimed to be interested in the 51-year-old over the summer.

Glasner is undoubtedly a winner mentalist, but he feels like the squad lacks depth, holding him back.

We want to succeed and win games in every competition, Glasner said, and patience is not something I should have.