Crystal Palace’s bid to play in subsequent season’s Europa League has taken one other whack, this time from Nottingham Forest.
The Eagles are at severe threat of being booted out of the competitors because of UEFA’s multi-club possession guidelines.
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American businessman John Textor owns a 43 per cent stake within the south London membership but in addition owns Lyon, who secured a spot in subsequent season’s Europa League through a sixth-place end in Ligue 1.
Based on UEFA guidelines, no particular person is permitted to ‘concurrently be concerned in any capability’ for ‘multiple membership collaborating in a UEFA membership competitors’.
talkSPORT understands Forest have now written to UEFA to precise their considerations relating to Palace taking part in within the Europa League given they might fall foul of the multi-club possession guidelines.
Palace’s high brass met with UEFA officers final week to achieve a decision, however no settlement was forthcoming.
Ought to Palace be declared non-compliant with the governing physique’s multi-club possession guidelines, Forest stand to be elevated into the Europa League.
It might additionally imply Brighton, who completed eighth within the Premier League, would subsequently take Forest’s spot within the Convention League.
Regardless of the monetary and aggressive advantages on supply, talkSPORT understands Brighton haven’t written to UEFA relating to Palace’s state of affairs.
A situation additionally exists the place Palace play Europa League soccer untroubled by multi-club possession guidelines given Lyon are not any certainties to participate within the competitors.
The French membership was at severe threat of disqualification from European competitors by UEFA’s Membership Finance Management Physique (CFBC) because of monetary points.
Lyon reported money owed of greater than £421million final 12 months and had been even threatened with relegation to Ligue 2 final November.
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Nevertheless, Lyon proved their funds had been wholesome sufficient as they met the deadline to keep away from disqualification.
But the membership stays below surveillance by the Membership Monetary Management Physique (CFCB) and will nonetheless be disqualified from the Europa League ought to they breach their settlement settlement.
Forest had been additionally vulnerable to breaking UEFA’s multi-club possession guidelines as proprietor Evangelos Marinakis additionally controls Greek giants Olympiakos.
However when it seemed like each Forest and Olympiakos had been on observe to qualify for the Champions League, Marinakis diluted his shares earlier than the March 1 deadline.
Nevertheless, Forest pale away and completed seventh, which ensured qualification for the Convention League.
Palace tried to comply with an analogous go well with as shareholders Textor and David Blitzer tried to position their shares within the membership right into a blind belief.
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However UEFA rejected the proposal as a result of their guidelines stipulate any modifications at possession stage should happen earlier than March 1 for them to kick within the following season.
Given the south London membership sat mid-table and had been solely within the fifth spherical of the FA Cup on the deadline, there was little thought given to the prospect of qualifying for European soccer and the necessity to arrange the blind belief.
However they went on to stun Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup last to safe a ticket to the Europa League.