According to Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol, Crystal Palace is facing a crisis of deprivation of qualifications from the European War, and the club has proposed reasons for allowing them to participate in the competition at the UEFA meeting.
Kaveh Solhekol wrote on social media: "Crystal Palace will spare no effort to convince UEFA to allow them to be allowed to participate in the UEFA Cup next season. Crystal Palace is at risk of being disqualified by UEFA for violating the multi-club ownership rules. American businessman Texter owns shares in Crystal Palace and French club Lyon, both teams have qualified for the UEFA Cup, which puts Crystal Palace's qualifications at risk.
UEFA regulations prohibit clubs under the same ownership group from participating in the same event, and clubs with lower rankings in the domestic league will lose their qualifications when conflicts of interest occur. Crystal Palace ranks in the Premier League 12, while Lyon ranks sixth in the Ligue 1.
Crystal Palace executive chairman Parrish and Texter attended a meeting at the Swiss UEFA headquarters on Tuesday to defend the UEFA qualifying of the two clubs, Crystal Palace is believed to have made compelling reasons why they should be allowed to compete for the first time in the UEFA Cup, with the following reasons.
1-Texter personally owns less than 30% of the shares of Crystal Palace, and all decisions related to Crystal Palace are made by Parrish and its executive team, not Texter. As a minority shareholder, Texter has a say, but Crystal Palace’s board structure means that Parrish has the decision voting rights and support from its partners Josh Harris and David Blitzer.
2-Crystal Palace has won European qualifications through an exciting FA Cup victory, not through the league, they are not in the multi-club model situation.
3-Crystal Palace is an independent South London club that does not work with Lyon and does not share any staff, players or resources.
4-Crystal Palace and Lyon missed the March 1 deadline for UEFA's change of ownership structure, as a series of unforeseen circumstances resulted in the two teams qualifying for the UEFA Cup at the same time.
3-Crystal Palace has won the first in club history Major trophy - the FA Cup, and Strasbourg conceded in the 99th minute in the final round of the league, which opened the door to the UEFA Cup, but only if Paris Saint-Germain won the French Cup and the European Cup winner was awarded the 6th team in the league.
5-Texter could not foresee the conflict in advance, and Crystal Palace is now ready to take immediate measures to comply with UEFA regulations to ensure that it can participate in the UEFA Cup. Texter also made it clear that he is seeking to sell his shares in Crystal Palace because it is an independent club and is not suitable for the Hawks Football Holdings company that he owns multiple clubs. "
Kaveh Solhekol added: "Crystal Palace defeated Manchester City as a dark horse in the FA Cup, which has also inspired the imagination of football fans, removing it from the UEFA Cup may deprive one of the most fascinating plots of the next season. The players and fans of Crystal Palace are not at fault, and any shareholders who violate UEFA rules seem to be a technical administrative error rather than intentional.
Other clubs belonging to multi-club ownership groups, such as Leipzig and Salzburg in the Champions League last season, as well as Manchester City and Girona, have also participated in the same UEFA event. Hopefully UEFA will keep common sense."