Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Sunday’s Premier League game against Arsenal at Selhurst Park (kick-off 16:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- On the latest team news, Glasner said Chris Richards will miss the game after damaging ankle ligaments. He said the defender’s ankle is “stable but quite swollen” and it will be a “race against time” to be fit for the Conference League final.
- On what Richards is doing to get himself fit: “He’s in from sunrise to sunset and having treatment and everything that we can do that reduces the swelling. We will give our best and he will give his best, and then let’s see if we can get it done.”
- On his final game at Selhurst Park: “First of all, I want to congratulate Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, his players and his staff for a huge achievement after winning the title after 22 years. It’s a special job they have done. Also, special congrats to Eberechi [Eze]. I think he has taken the right decision to go to Arsenal and not another club.”
- On not having to deal with questions about how his team selection will affect the title race, Glasner said it makes it “easier for him” and he’s still not decided what to do with the final just three days later. He added: “I change my opinion three times a day from full rotation to three rotations to half rotation. I personally have so many negative experiences with big rotations. One we all experienced was KuPS and Leeds three days later, and I made 11 changes and I think it was one of our worst performances.”
- On his Selhurst Park highlights: “I’m always hoping the best is still to come. This will be now at Selhurst [on Sunday] and then three days later at Leipzig but number one, for me, when I’m thinking about what I’m going to miss, it is the people.”
- He added: “It’s the people who are always there when I come, the security always waiting for me. It’s the lovely conversation and fans when I arrive, always asking for a selfie and always having a positive message, which I’m always appreciating.”
- On more of his favourite moments since he joined the club: “First win against Burnley. Monday night football against Manchester United when Michael [Olise] makes a 50-yard sprint to hug me. I was very surprised. Newcastle, Daniel Munoz late equaliser, I made a 50-yard sprint – I didn’t know I could do a 50-yard sprint and hug somebody.”
- On how he felt when he first joined Palace: “I feel I have to deliver. I can’t do more. Sometimes I would like to give more.”
- He added: “At the end, we will all have great memories. The players do everything and we are a group all together – the players, the staff, the scouting, sporting director, the chairman, the media. We are spending so much time together.”
- Finally, he said: “I was a puzzle piece, but a puzzle piece does not always make a picture.”
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