Crystal Palace drop Eberechi Eze transfer 'hint' amid Arsenal transfer links

Crystal Palace may have dropped a subtle hint about Eberechi Eze's future after the midfielder was left out of the club's kit launch on Saturday.

The FA Cup winners unveiled their new strip for the 2025/26 season on Saturday morning, with the likes of Jean-Philippe Mateta, Eddie Nketiah and Adam Wharton sporting the new striped kit on Palace's website and social feeds. However, there was no sign of Eze in the promotion for the kit.

The England international's omission from the promotional campaign comes at a time when he continues to be linked with a move to Arsenal.

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As reported by football.london on Friday, the Gunners are interested in signing Eze and will look to register their interest in the midfielder with Crystal Palace soon.

Since signing for Palace from Reading in 2020, the 27-year-old has made 166 appearances for the Eagles.

Last season, Eze helped Crystal Palace win the FA Cup, scoring the only goal as his side defeated Manchester City at Wembley.

On Friday, however, Palace were informed that despite winning the FA Cup, they had been demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League due to American businessman John Textor owning a stake in both the Eagles and French club Lyon, who also qualified for the Europa League.

As a result, Nottingham Forest have replaced Crystal Palace in the Europa League for the 2025/26 season - a decision that could have big ramifications for the club's hopes of keeping Eze.

On UEFA's decision to demote Palace to the Conference, chairman Steve Parish said: "Everyone knows we're not part of a multi-club set-up.

"We don't share any staff. "We're caught up in a rule that wasn't put there for us.

"I don't understand why the panel has come to the conclusion they have done. "I think we've shown John had no influence over our club.

"This is a ludicrous decision. We will ask the appeal court to listen to our argument."