Crystal Palace chairman continues UEFA rant as he takes aim at costly Europa League rule

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish insists he wants to put any "nonsense to bed" regarding the club's failure to put their shares into a blind trust amid suggestions it would've stopped them being kicked out of the Europa League.

UEFA ruled on Friday that the FA Cup winners would be demoted to the Europa Conference League after breaching its multi-club ownership rules. The rules of European football's governing body state that clubs owned by the same person or entity, who have a certain level of influence, cannot compete in the same European competition.

UEFA rules set a deadline of March 1 to show proof of multi-club ownership restructuring - a deadline which Palace missed - and they failed to argue successfully that Textor does not hold any decisive influence at the club, which is the key component of the rule.

Nottingham Forest have benefited and replace FA Cup winners Palace in the Europa League after finishing seventh last term, but Palace can appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Parish has come out and rubbished the idea that, had he and his fellow leading lights moved their shares to align with UEFA's guidance, it still wouldn't have changed the outcome.

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He said on social media: "Let’s put this ‘THEY missed the deadline’ nonsense to bed. Let’s say Me, Josh, David and everyone other than Eagle football had placed our shares in a ‘blind trust’ before March 1st. Three random people would have had control of the club since then but by UEFA’s interpretation of the rules we would still be out of the Europa League."

The Palace chairman has not hidden his anger since the decision came down from UEFA, describing it as "the biggest injustice in the history of football" as he took aim at UEFA's rules.

Parish said: "It's a bad day for football. It's a terrible injustice. I do believe nobody want to see this. I don't think Uefa wants to see this. We've been locked out of a European competition on the most ridiculous technicality. Supporters of all clubs should be devastated for us."

He also added: "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."

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