The UEFA announced on Friday a decision that shakes European football: the Crystal Palace You will not be able to dispute the Europa League In the 2025-2026 season despite having obtained the sports classification.
The reason for this measure is a multi -propiety conflict that involves the English club and the Olympique de Lyonboth controlled by the Eagle Football Group, owned by businessman John Textor.
Consequently, the London team will play the Conference League, the third tournament in importance of the continent.
Crystal Palace had managed to qualify for the second European club contest thanks to its title in the last edition of the FA Cup, the first consecration in the history of the English cast.
However, UEFA regulations on club multipropidity prevents two institutions with the same owner to compete in the same European tournament. Since Lyon had also achieved his pass to the Europa League, the continental confederation had to intervene.
In parallel, Lyon achieved on Wednesday avoids its administrative decrease to the Second Division of French football, after successfully appealing a financial sanction imposed by the National Directorate of Control and Management (DNCG), which had determined that the cast of Nicolás Tagliafico and Thiago Almada lost the category due to economic problems and great debts.
This failure not only allowed the Galo club to stay in Ligue 1but also conserve its place in Europe, a situation that intensified the conflict with the Crystal Palace.
From Eagle Football, a solution was tried to find: the group announced the intention of selling their participation in the English club to meet the UEFA requirements. However, when the operation is not completed before the established period, the entity that governs football in the old continent made the decision to keep Lyon in the Europa League and move to the palace to the league league.
Source: Ambito
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