Jaílson

Central Defender - Crystal Palace
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Jaílson

15 Edition

The Crystal Palace Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Crystal Palace through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over Middlesbrough, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Walter Benítez keeps Crystal Palace in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Tempers go at Crystal Palace

Ismaïla Sarr was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Brennan Johnson wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Crystal Palace hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Match

Jean-Philippe Mateta sends Crystal Palace past Burnley

It finished 3‑1, and it was Jean-Philippe Mateta’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Crystal Palace.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Justin Devenny

Marked 8.92 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

One of those days for Maxence Lacroix

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.88, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

One of those days for Jean-Philippe Mateta

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.80, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Ismaïla Sarr runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Crystal Palace Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Ismaïla Sarr runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Dean Henderson

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Dean Henderson in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Crystal Palace this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Yeremy Pino

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Crystal Palace find a way past Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton made Crystal Palace work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Adam Wharton

Marked 8.20 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Jaílson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Benji Casey counts the days

“I watch every Crystal Palace game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Bournemouth runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings

Jean-Philippe Mateta leaves them behind him

Shots: 13. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

5 Edition

The Crystal Palace Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Ismaïla Sarr runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Crystal Palace turn down Manchester United for Jørgen Strand Larsen

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Daniel Muñoz in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Crystal Palace this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Crystal Palace come up short against Everton

Everton left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Chris Richards

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

The one thing Jean-Philippe Mateta could not do

Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Market

Daniel Muñoz linked with a move away

The name of Daniel Muñoz keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Crystal Palace say nothing, which says plenty.

Player ratings

The one thing Maxence Lacroix could not do

Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Jaílson

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

In brief