Crystal Palace give injury update on Eberechi Eze and Eddie Nketiah ahead of Aston Villa clash

Oliver Glasner has shared an wounded update connected Eberechi Eze up of Crystal Palace’s Premier League clash astatine Aston Villa connected Saturday.

Palace question to Villa Park hopeless for a triumph pursuing an atrocious commencement to the play that has near them successful the relegation portion aft 11 games.

The Eagles person won conscionable erstwhile successful the league but did bushed Villa distant past period successful the Carabao Cup, giving them immoderate hope.

Star subordinate Eze scored the opener successful that lucifer but conscionable minutes aboriginal was forced to travel disconnected aft sustaining a hamstring injury and he’s been sidelined ever since.

Glasner antecedently said they were hopeful the England planetary would beryllium backmost aft the planetary break, but successful his pre-match property league helium revealed helium would not marque the Villa trip.

‘Ebs would similar to beryllium progressive successful tomorrow’s game, but I took the determination not to instrumentality him with america to Villa,’ the manager said connected Friday.

‘It’s a small spot excessively risky. He trained during the week, but it’s excessively adjacent erstwhile it happened. When we spot our schedule, we person to support the players.

‘When we spot our docket aft the Villa game, which was 8 games successful December, we can’t instrumentality immoderate risks, truthful that’s wherefore Ebs is not progressive successful tomorrow’s game.

‘We had a agelong chat today, due to the fact that he’s precise ambitious. He’s a large guy, helium worked truly hard and helium wanted to beryllium with us.

‘He feels he’s ready, and it’s him who wants to play. Of course, I privation him to play. But arsenic I mentioned, we person to support him.

‘Therefore we said: “OK, yes we suffer [him] for 1 game, but we triumph 8 oregon 9 days. And possibly past we triumph 8 games, and we each anticipation to triumph astatine the Emirates successful the Carabao [Cup].

‘Then we person 15 games successful December and January, and we request him for 15 games not conscionable for one.’

The sooner the attacking midfielder returns the amended with Palace acceptable to instrumentality connected Newcastle, Ipswich, Brighton, Manchester City and Arsenal (twice) successful the adjacent month.

It was besides confirmed that Eddie Nketiah is inactive ruled retired aft the retired of signifier striker picked up a ‘suspicious’ injury earlier the planetary break.

But successful amended quality for the Eagles, Glasner has revealed that Chris Richards, Jefferson Lerma and Cheick Doucoure are acceptable again, portion Will Hughes is backmost aft his suspension.

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