Left out: Eberechi Eze
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The 27-year-old forward has looked set to join Tottenham, but Arsenal made a last-minute bid to hijack the deal.
As such, the player will not be involved as Crystal Palace play the first European match in the club’s history, hosting Norwegian side Fredrikstad.
Eze will be in attendance at Selhurst Park, though, in what will likely serve as his farewell to the club.
Arsenal’s bid for Eze is worth £67.5million, gazumping Tottenham’s deal by offering improved payment terms.
There is a chance Eze could make his Arsenal debut against Leeds on Saturday, though he would need to be registered by noon on Friday to be eligible.
The news follows Eagles manager Oliver Glasner’s insistence that he would play in the match: “He will come tomorrow to the Crystal Palace training ground, Tuesday off, we take Wednesday and I expect him to be back playing for us against Fredrikstad."
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He was denied a spectacular free-kick goal in the first half after Marc Guehi was deemed to have positioned himself too close to the defensive wall.