The Crystal Palace Courier
Market3 Aug 2026
Everton come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Crystal Palace did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on August Priske
Crystal Palace asked and Birmingham said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tyrick Mitchell has been here 10 seasons
207 appearances across 10 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Market3 Aug 2026
Dean Henderson 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jean-Philippe Mateta signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jean-Philippe Mateta commits to Crystal Palace for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Crystal Palace
Adam Wharton and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- Market Derby County join the queue for Chadi Riad
- Market Jefferson Lerma has his eye on Europe
- Squad 9 new faces, and Crystal Palace are still learning each other
- The dugout Ismaïla Sarr knocks on the manager’s door