Steve Parish says Crystal Palace will appeal against Europa League exclusion

“We don’t think this is the right decision by any means," said Parish.

Steve Parish said Crystal Palace will take their Europa League exclusion to CAS (Yui Mok/PA)

Crystal Palace will mount a legal challenge to UEFA’s decision to exclude them from next season’s Europa League, with chairman Steve Parish announcing the club will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The FA Cup winners have been demoted to the Conference League owing to what Europe’s governing body says is a conflict of interest regarding former director and co-owner John Textor, who also owns part of Ligue 1 side Lyon.