Oliver Glasner reveals drastic measure Eberechi Eze took before Arsenal transfer - 'he called me'

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has said that Eberechi Eze is not playing in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League play-off round because he did not feel well enough.

“Honestly, I expected that he would start today for us," Glasner acknowledged during a pre-match interview on Channel 5. "But he called me this morning and said that he doesn’t feel well enough to play in the evening, and of course, I have to accept it, and everything else, you’ll have to ask the chairman.

"If a player tells me he is not ready to play, then we have to accept it. I called the player who starts instead, but he is ready; it is my responsibility to prepare the players that play for us in the best way.

"So it was quite a busy day. It is not what you want to do, to change the starting 11 on matchday, especially in this situation, the first time in European football for Crystal Palace, but we have to approach the game in the best way."

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