Fulham vs. Crystal Palace: Ismaila Sarr, Jean-Philippe Mateta, team news update before Premier League clash

Crystal Palace manager Pierre Sage has provided an update connected the availability of attacker Ismaila Sarr up of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Fulham astatine Craven Cottage.

The 28-year-old missed the Eagles’ opening 2 top-flight matches of the caller play amid beardown suggestions that helium could permission the nine earlier the summertime transportation model closed.

However, Sarr was unable to finalise a determination away from Selhurst Park earlier Tuesday’s 11pm deadline, contempt involvement from Premier League giants Liverpool.

Galatasaray are different nine who person been credited with an involvement in Sarr and the Turkish transportation model does not adjacent until Friday, but Sage expects the Senegal planetary to enactment put.

Sage has besides confirmed that Sarr volition not beryllium progressive against Fulham, citing that the attacker is nursing an unspecified injured.

Speaking astatine a property league connected Thursday, Sage told reporters: “Sarr needs clip to recover. He is injured astatine the moment.

Sarr ruled retired injured arsenic Sage responds to cause statement

“He’s inactive our subordinate and we are good with that. He has to digest for sure, due to the fact that it’s a imagination for a batch of players to play for this benignant of club. I don’t deliberation helium volition leave, we person a determination to marque with the [Europa League squad] list”.

Sage has besides responded to the impassioned connection released by Sarr’s agent, who appeared to deed retired astatine Crystal Palace pursuing his failed determination distant from the club.

“I don’t truly hold with this position,” said Sage. “I conscionable privation to accidental that the nine and the radical present are respectful and we privation the champion for our nine and players.”

Sage was Crystal Palace’s apical scorer past season, netting 21 goals crossed each competitions, and inactive has 3 years remaining connected his declaration astatine Selhurst Park.

Mateta remains out, but 4 caller signings could play for Palace

Meanwhile, Sage has besides delivered a caller update connected striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, who has presently sidelined with a hamstring injury.

“He cannot play. As I said past time, Mateta is injured, present for 3 weeks,” Sage confirmed. “Everyone else, isolated from our semipermanent injuries; Chadi [Riad] and Mateta, each different subordinate has recovered well.”

The Eagles brag besides has 4 marque caller signings astatine his disposal, with Ben Chilwell, Quinten Timber, Dario Osorio and Honest Ahanor each arriving astatine the nine connected Deadline Day.

"We are blessed with the 4 players who signed astatine the end,” said Sage. “We person capable players. We did what we decided to bash – that’s a success."

Palace are inactive searching for their archetypal Premier League triumph of the caller play aft suffering back-to-back defeats against Everton and Manchester City, losing 4-1 astatine location to the second past week.