Crystal Palace boss blasts lack of investment days out from Burnley clash
Crystal Palace provide the next opposition for Burnley on Wednesday night – and it appears all might not be well behind the scenes at Selhurst Park.
It was only a few months ago that the Eagles lifted the FA Cup to secure European football.
And while Oliver Glasner’s side are still going well this season, sitting ninth in the table, the Palace boss has taken aim at the club’s hierarchy following their 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.
The Eagles took the lead in the first-half thanks to Jean-Phillipe Mateta’s penalty, but a Red Devils fightback in the second period saw them come away empty-handed.
The game came three days Palace also suffered a 2-1 defeat away at Strasbourg in the UEFA Conference League.
Now, just days away from their trip to Turf Moor, Glasner appears to suggest the club failed to prepare for a battle on multiple fronts this season.
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"We missed a couple of chances in July and August, in the transfer window, to make it easier for us,” he told BBC Sport. “But again we will stick together and make it better.
"If you play European football for the first time in your history, you should invest and not save.
"I think January is too late [to add]. We will have played more than 50 per cent of our games.
"Everything was pretty clear and I didn't say anything, but today I think it is also time to speak about it that we missed the chance to play an even better season in the summer."
Speaking on TNT Sports, he added: "We are still in very good positions, but the chance to play an even better season we threw away in the summer."
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