A decision on whether the Crystal Palace can compete in the next season’s Europea League is delayed by the UEFA.
In place of Eagles earned by winning the FA cup in the previous season, the multi-club ownership of the UEFA was in danger, which prevents teams under the same ownership from competition in the same European competition.
The co-owner John Text, who is the co-owner of the French Club Leon, has agreed to sell his 44% stake in the palace in a bid to help in his case.
A decision on Palace’s participation was expected on Monday.
However, Leon was demoted to Ligue 2 last week by French football authorities due to his poor finance.
The club is appealing against the decision, but whether they should fail, they have agreed to abandon their Europea League’s location.
Therefore, the UEFA opted to wait until the result of the appeal before deciding on the participation of the Palace.
It is not known how long Leon’s appeal will be taken, the UEFA said that further details will be declared in “fixed time”.
Sources have told the BBC Sport that the Palace was prepared for Monday’s decision, once it was decided by the governing body of European football to delay an announcement on the matter.
In June, the Irish Premier Division Club Drungeda United was expelled by the UEFA from the Conference League due to the Trivella Group, which is the owner of the club, including the Danish outfit Silkorg.
Whether the palace should be given a place in the competition, they will enter the group phase that begins in September. The draw for the group phase is on 29 August.
Texter is in the process of selling his stake in the palace to Woody Johnson, owner of New York Jets.
The 59-year-old American resigned from his leadership role in Leon on Monday after the club decided to withdraw from the day-to-day walk, in which he owns a 77% stake.
Last October, Texter’s Eagle Football Group announced a £ 422M loan in Leon.
The club said that the decision to put them in Ligue 2 was “out of comprehension” and they would appeal to the decision.
