“Irresponsible”: Glasner “really upset” over potential Palace fixture congestion

Crystal Palace caput manager Oliver Glasner is “really upset” implicit the “irresponsible” anticipation of his squad playing 4 games successful conscionable 8 days starring up to Christmas.

The Eagles are presently successful precocious spirits aft securing a broad 3-0 triumph distant against Liverpool successful the 4th circular of the EFL Cup connected Wednesday night, but a terrible fixture pile-up could soon beryllium successful store.

As things stand, Palace are acceptable to question to Arsenal for an EFL Cup quarter-final necktie connected December 16, but they are besides scheduled to big Manchester City successful the Premier League connected December 14, play KuPS astatine Selhurst Park successful the Conference League connected December 18 and past question to Leeds United successful the apical formation connected December 21.

Glasner is hopeful that their clash with Arsenal astatine the Emirates Stadium tin beryllium moved to the pursuing week, with December 23 a suggested date, but it is understood that the Gunners would similar the fixture to inactive instrumentality spot connected December 16.

Asked astatine a property league connected Friday however acrophobic helium is by the imaginable of playing 4 games successful conscionable 8 days, Glasner said: “Honestly, I can’t judge that this volition beryllium fixed successful that mode due to the fact that I deliberation this would beryllium irresponsible for the players.

‘Player payment is our main responsibility’, says Glasner

“We person work for the players and we person to look aft their welfare. That’s our main responsibility, and not conscionable astatine the club.

“I was truly upset erstwhile I heard it for the archetypal clip yesterday. I couldn’t adjacent judge that they are considering this. I’m truly upset.

“I spoke astir this contented 3 months agone erstwhile I looked astatine the schedule, truthful past successful the summer, successful the off-season, determination are radical who person to enactment connected the schedule.

“You person planetary games, you person the 2 cupful competitions and you person the Premier League games. I would truly similar if they speech together. It would beryllium bully if UEFA, Premier League, FA and the EFL talked together, due to the fact that it’s not truthful astonishing that this tin happen.

“Now they're uncovering thing wherever you can't find a solution? Get it organised, get it sorted before. This is what truly makes maine upset. It is unsafe and irresponsible playing Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday."

Glasner discusses “solution” for Palace amid fixture congestion fears

An infuriated Glasner added: “"We could play each azygous day, we'd person the easiest job: we'd not person training, not bash squad talks and the players say, 'let's go'.

“But what truly surprises maine is I investigated a small bit, with communal sense, and determination was a gathering successful July successful New York wherever FIFA met antithetic subordinate organisations and determination were suggestions of a mandatory 72 hours betwixt 2 competitory games.

“Now, they are conscionable saying ‘we don’t attraction what they are telling us?’ That’s what makes maine upset, you tin perceive it successful the mode I'm talking astir it.”

“But determination is simply a solution due to the fact that the week after, connected December 21, we play Leeds and past we play connected December [27 against Tottenham]. Then determination is simply a large treatment arsenic to wherefore determination are nary Boxing Day [matches]. They fixed each these games without talking to anyone.

“It would beryllium bully if they each talked together. This is their job, what they get paid for, this is what I expect... I truly don’t recognize and that’s wherefore I person truly pushed very, precise hard and beardown that they don’t fto america play 3 games successful 4 days because, again, it’s irresponsible.”

Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has warned "anything is possible" - including subordinate strikes which person antecedently been suggested - if football's regularisation makers disregard clubs implicit their concerns of fixture build-ups.

Palace person already played successful 16 competitory fixtures this play since the opening of August and they presently beryllium 10th successful the Premier League table, level connected points with Saturday’s opponents Brentford successful 11th arsenic good arsenic 4 points down the apical four.

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