Knee Injury Could Scupper Mateta's World Cup 'dream'

Despite retaining Mateta, who is Palace's apical scorer pinch 8 convention goals this season, nan Eagles paid a nine grounds interest to motion striker Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves.

Palace were besides connected nan verge of bringing successful Everton winger Dwight McNeil until nan woody fell done precocious connected deadline day.

Glasner said he had "learned to judge situations" aft Palace were besides unsuccessful successful uncovering a replacement for skipper and centre-back Marc Guehi, who joined Manchester City earlier successful nan window.

"At nan extremity of it, nan nine tried everything pinch immense offers and immense bids for a Marc Guehi replacement, but clubs said they don't waste connected deadline day," Glasner said.

"Credit to nan nine that without getting immoderate money for Mateta they still spent a large interest connected Strand Larsen.

"On nan different side, McNeil was nan past 1 we thought we could finalise, but successful nan past minutes nan position of nan woody changed again and nan woody failed. I expected him and planned for him successful nan adjacent day's training."

McNeil's partner, Megan Sharpley, criticised Crystal Palace connected societal media for nan measurement they handled nan situation.

Everton leader David Moyes said nan breakdown had "nothing to do" pinch his nine and insists McNeil is "fine".

"He's successful and he's training arsenic well, truthful Dwight's OK," Moyes said.

"We understand precisely wherever it went wrong, really it collapsed down. He knows everything astir it and there's nary problems there.

"We had fixed support for Dwight to spell and person a aesculapian and do each of nan things required for it, truthful it was very difficult to do overmuch much than we person done."