Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has confirmed his membership will enchantment to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport after being demoted from the Europa League.
Palace certified for the Europa League with a shock FA Cup closing win over Manchester Metropolis in Might.
However UEFA, European soccer’s governing physique, dominated Palace ought to drop right down to the Convention League over a battle of curiosity involving the membership’s former director John Textor, who additionally part-owns French facet Lyon.
Textor stepped away from Palace in the beginning of July, however the possession challenge pertains to the top of final season when the south London staff secured a maiden European look by successful the primary main trophy of their historical past.
UEFA’s ruling would imply Nottingham Forest, who completed seventh within the Premier League, take Palace’s place within the Europa League, however Parish has signalled his intent to contest the choice.
“We’re nonetheless preventing,” Parish instructed the The Relaxation is Soccer podcast. “There’s an enchantment course of, so we go to CAS which is the courtroom for arbitration and, you understand, we’re very hopeful. We expect we have got nice authorized arguments.
“We do not assume that is the correct resolution by any means. We all know unequivocally that John did not have decisive affect over the membership.
“We all know we proved that past all affordable doubt as a result of it is a reality.”
UEFA guidelines say that no proprietor or co-owner can have a controlling curiosity in a couple of membership competing in the identical European competitors throughout the identical season.
Palace’s place all through has been that Textor didn’t have a sufficiently controlling function for the membership to fall foul of the laws.
However the deadline for shareholders to divest their curiosity in a membership, or in another strategy to alter their possession construction, as a way to adjust to the laws was March 1.
