The Crystal Palace Courier
Squad1 May 2028
The knee: Prince Adu Kwabena out for 30 days
30 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Crystal Palace lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout1 May 2028
Samuel Brolin: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Crystal Palace have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market1 May 2028
Mateo Kovačić wants more than Crystal Palace are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad1 May 2028
A falling-out at Crystal Palace
Chris Richards and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad1 May 2028
Mateo Kovačić retires from international football
“117 caps. I have loved every one, and it is somebody else’s turn.” At 34 he has stepped away from his country and is going nowhere at Crystal Palace.
The terraces1 May 2028
One of their own: Rio Cardines
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match29 Apr 2028
Crystal Palace get the job done against Aston Villa
A 2‑0 win over Aston Villa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market1 May 2028
Crystal Palace promote Robert Henderson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Henderson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market1 May 2028
Crystal Palace promote David Cunningham from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Cunningham has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Crystal Palace promote Adam Bailey from within
- Player ratings Geny in the eights
- Player ratings One of those days for Yeremy Pino