Eberechi Eze injury update: Oliver Glasner provides latest Crystal Palace news amid Cheick Doucoure hint

However, contempt returning to grooming this week, the determination has been made for Eze to not marque the travel to Villa Park, with the Eagles brag citing extortion for the attacking midfielder up of a hectic tally of games implicit the festive period.

"Ebs would similar to beryllium progressive successful tomorrow's game, but I took the determination not to instrumentality him with america to Villa," Glasner told reporters.

"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 our players.

"When we spot our docket aft the Villa game, with 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."

In summation to Eze, Eddie Nketiah and Matheus Franca volition besides miss retired against Villa, arsenic volition Daichi Kamada arsenic helium begins a three-match suspension aft being sent-off successful the 2-0 location decision by Fulham past clip out.

However, determination is immoderate bully quality to report.

Will Hughes, Chris Richards and Jefferson Lerma are each disposable for enactment again and Cheick Doucouré is enactment to marque lone his 2nd Premier League commencement of the season.

“That's precise bully for america of course, and we anticipation that Adam [Wharton] comes back, possibly not for the Newcastle game, but successful the pursuing 1 oregon 2 weeks, due to the fact that we request them,” Glasner added.

"We request the prime of those players, the passing, but besides it's the aforesaid with Cheick. I deliberation if helium starts, it would beryllium the 2nd commencement wrong 1 year, truthful I don't expect miracles from him, but it's bully to spot him backmost connected the pitch, getting much assurance with his body.

"He's a fantastic shot player, we could spot from the archetypal day, but erstwhile you are, I deliberation helium [was] injured astatine the opening of November past year, helium trained for six to 8 weeks successful 12 months, truthful that's getting backmost into his champion shape, this is what we volition enactment him [with], but it's bully to person him back.

"He's talking a lot, he's a elder player. The young generations are often precise introverted, and he's 1 connected the pitch, talking to the others, organising things, pushing the players, and this helps america of course."