Potential departures Eze & Guehi start for Palace

Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi will start for Crystal Palace in their Premier League opener against Chelsea on Sunday, despite being in talks with Tottenham and Liverpool respectively.

Talks over potential moves are advanced for both players and will start again after the game.

Speaking before the game, Palace manager Oliver Glasner said: "Marc [Guehi] and Eze trained well the whole week. Of course there is no reason not to start them.

"Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers."

On Saturday, BBC Sport reported that Tottenham were accelerating their move to sign 27-year-old Eze, having been in discussions over a transfer since the start of the week.

The England forward has an expired release clause in his contract which was worth an initial £60m, plus a further £8m in add-ons.

It is understood Tottenham are negotiating an offer slightly below the total release figure.

And it is a similar story with England centre-back Guehi, with talks ongoing between Palace and Premier League champions Liverpool.

Speaking last week, Eagles chairman Steve Parish said the club would sell their captain this summer to avoid losing him on a free at the end of his contract.

Palace are believed to want about £40m for the centre-back, but Liverpool want to pay less than that figure.