The Crystal Palace Courier
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Crystal Palace bid $57.0M for Francisco Conceição
The offer went to Juventus this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Crystal Palace rebuffed over Micky van de Ven
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Tottenham have kept their man, and Crystal Palace go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Crystal Palace make their move for Facundo Torres
$33.5M on the table at Austin FC. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Crystal Palace say no — this time
The offer from Wolverhampton for Eddie Nketiah was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Crystal Palace
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Christopher Barnes joins the Crystal Palace first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christopher Barnes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Luke Russell joins the Crystal Palace first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luke Russell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Paul Hamilton steps up from the Crystal Palace academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paul Hamilton has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Crystal Palace are making the ground bigger
Work is signed off on a capacity of 34932. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Crystal Palace
- Squad A season on the outside for Quinten Timber
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Manchester City at home