Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner says he’ll area two completely different beginning line-ups for his or her subsequent two matches to guard participant welfare.
Palace host Finnish facet KuPS within the Europa Convention League on Thursday (20:00 GMT), and go to Leeds within the Premier League 48 hours later (Saturday, 20:00 GMT).
The Leeds recreation was moved by the Premier League from the Sunday as Palace then face Arsenal within the EFL Cup quarter-final on Tuesday 23 December.
Glasner, who additionally confirmed Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada faces as much as 10 weeks out with a hamstring damage, stated it could be “irresponsible” to play the identical staff twice in three days.
Palace, fifth within the Premier League, are ninth within the Convention League, simply outdoors the automated qualification spots for the final 16.
“No participant will begin in opposition to [both] KuPs and Leeds,” stated Glasner. “I and all of us really feel liable for the gamers’ welfare.
“I simply spoke to Will [Hughes] and he skilled it a number of years in the past – when it was on Boxing Day [26 December] and the twenty eighth [December], generally there have been video games, and he performed it – however I simply assume now the depth of the sport has elevated.
“Perhaps you are able to do it as soon as, but it surely’s our twenty seventh recreation now [this season], and now we have to assume additional, as a result of we play on the 18, 20, 23 and 28 [December], and 1, 4, 7 and 10 January. Due to this fact, it is simply irresponsible if we do that.
“We are going to begin with two fully completely different groups, however in fact the minutes might be shared just a little bit if that is potential.
“I all the time need to play the perfect staff from the primary till the final minute, however this recreation calls for this from us, so that’s the reason we are going to do it.”
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