Why former Arsenal star Rob Holding, 29, has been exiled to Crystal Palace U21 as ‘disagreement’ finally revealed

LEAVING Arsenal was a momentous determination for Rob Holding.

The versatile defender appeared embedded astatine the Emirates aft 7 years arsenic a popular squad member, picking up 2 FA Cup winners' medals.

But Crystal Palace pounced for £4million connected Deadline Day successful September 2023, handing Holding a three-year contract.

Doubts person since emerged implicit his value - arsenic he's made conscionable 1 quality for the Eagles.

But those queries person been eclipsed by a acold bigger question - that of wherefore manager Oliver Glasner has exiled him to Palace Under-21s.

Now a tantalising glimpse of an reply has surfaced - much than six weeks aft the 29-year-old started grooming connected his own.

Holding was adjacent left retired of a monolithic associated photos of the Palace men's and women's first-team squads.

Australian manager Glasner, who took complaint astatine Selhurst Park successful February 2024, was enigmatic when quizzed astir the ex-Bolton starlet connected September 1.

The erstwhile Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt chief, 50, said: "Rob is grooming individually astatine the moment.

"We volition speech unneurotic – helium knows the reason. But it is thing that stays betwixt Rob and me. Nothing public."

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However, the BBC accidental insiders person revealed the incidental down the dispute.

It relates to the past juncture Holding was successful Palace's senior squad - a 2-0 location decision to West Ham successful the Prem connected August 24.

Holding ne'er made it disconnected the seat that afternoon, and hasn't made it ON to it since.

He reportedly had a "disagreement" implicit a moving league held aft the last whistle of the location London derby.

The Beeb judge Holding has "accepted" being frozen retired pursuing that speech and volition support grooming "professionally".

But determination is nary motion of a solution connected the horizon

And with England's Marc Guehi starring a sizeable batch of talented centre-backs astatine Selhurst Park, immoderate hopes Holding has of resurrecting his first-team vocation spell beyond his issues with Glasner.