Therefore, Crystal Palace have already started looking for replacements and as per David Ornstein, the Eagles are working on the deal to sign Leicester City star Bilal El Khannouss. Palace reportedly have seen their first bid worth £20m ($27m) get rejected for the 21-year-old as the Foxes are keen to hold onto the Moroccan midfielder.

Crystal Palace star midfielder Eberechi Eze has informed the club of his decision on his future as Tottenham wait in the wings to sign him. It’s been a difficult summer for the Eagles, who learned their fate of demotion to the Conference League after a dispute with UEFA over multi-club ownership rules.

Chelsea and Crystal Palace have both won two trophies each since the end of the last domestic season and will hope to carry that momentum into the first London derby of the new Premier League campaign.

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Enzo Maresca has decisions to make at centre-back ahead of Chelsea ’s first match of the new campaign. The world champions face Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, but lost a key starting player when Levi Colwill suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during training.