The Crystal Palace Courier
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Crystal Palace baulk at the price for Reece James
Chelsea wanted more than $21.1M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Crystal Palace close the window on a squad of their own making
6 in and 10 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ben Chilwell 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Jemiah Umolu is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Lamine Cissé 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A step back for Takehiro Tomiyasu at Crystal Palace
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Crystal Palace have started building around Tyrick Mitchell
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
Market7 Sep 2026
The Dean Henderson talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Crystal Palace know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Looking ahead7 Sep 2026
Dwight McNeil goes back to face Everton
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Dwight McNeil’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Crystal Palace needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Crystal Palace
- Loan watch Oxford United cannot leave Chadi Riad out
- The dugout Will Hughes keeps his manager's vote