Crystal Palace set to receive never-before-seen UEFA penalty as decision made on Lyon relegation

Crystal Palace are acceptable to beryllium handed an unprecedented UEFA punishment aft Lyon's palmy entreaty against their relegation from Ligue 1.

French shot authorities had demoted Lyon into Ligue 2 owed to fiscal issues, putting their spot successful the Europa League nether threat.

Lyon appealed the determination and connected Wednesday, French publication L'Equipe confirmed the nine had been palmy successful their entreaty against relegation aft a proceeding successful Paris.

They are present apt support their spot successful the Europa League having finished sixth past play anterior to their demotion - perchance astatine Crystal Palace's expense.

The Daily Mail's Mike Keegan claims Palace are present apt to beryllium demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League owed to a perceived breach of UEFA's multi-club ownership rules.

Lyon person been handed a reprieve aft initially being relegated to Ligue 2 (Image: Getty)

According to a study from The Times, UEFA's authoritative multi-club ownership rules authorities that teams indispensable conscionable the eligibility criteria by a deadline of 1 March 2025, astir 4 months earlier Textor's sale.

UEFA regularisation states: "To guarantee the integrity of the Uefa nine competitions, the nine indispensable beryllium capable to beryllium that arsenic astatine 1 March 2025 the… multi-club ownership criteria were met and the nine indispensable proceed to comply with the criteria from that day until the extremity of the contention season."

UEFA clasp the last telephone connected Palace's destiny and a determination is owed to beryllium reached by the extremity of this week aft a ruling was delayed past week pending the result of the appeal. The Guardian report that sources person indicated the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) volition determine the Eagles' destiny successful the coming days.

But the existent anticipation is that Palace volition person to settee for a spot successful Europe's third-tier competition, thing that has ne'er happened earlier owed to the recency of the Conference League, having been established successful 2021.

Nottingham Forest could yet gain themselves a spot successful the Europa League pending a determination connected Crystal Palace. (Image: Getty)

If that were to happen, Nottingham Forest would beryllium primed to instrumentality Palace's spot successful the Europa League alongside chap English representatives Aston Villa though Palace would beryllium expected to entreaty to the tribunal of arbitration for athletics if they are blocked from entering the competition.

Oliver Glasner's broadside made past past play arsenic they won their first-ever large trophy by beating Manchester City successful the FA Cup final and, successful doing so, qualified for Europe.

But it was soon reported that the nine faced being banned from competing successful the Europa League owed to the club's shareholder, John Textor, holding a controlling involvement successful French broadside Lyon, who had besides qualified for the competition.

Textor is present successful the process of a merchantability to New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson for £190m ($254m) but that woody is yet to beryllium confirmed officially, and it was claimed past period that Palace could inactive beryllium kicked retired of the tournament.