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However, Palace were demoted to the Conference League following multi-club ownership issues surrounding former co-owner John Textor.

Nottingham Forest will now play in the Europa League after Palace’s appeal was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last week. 

Oliver Glasner is preparing his side for their Conference League play-off round tie (Credit: Imago)

This article contains exclusive comment from Stefan Borson, a former financial adviser to Man City.

Palace criticised Uefa and CAS following their demotion to the Conference League after claiming it was “almost impossible to get a fair hearing”.

The club said they will continue to take legal advice on the next steps as they prepare to take on Norwegian side Fredrikstad in the Conference League play-off round.

The competition starts in a few days anyway, so they’re playing in the Conference League, obviously. 

“Their statement was throwing the kitchen sink at everybody else in terms of blame.

But even if they didn’t, then what they’ve said is ridiculous.