This summer is a pivotal one for Crystal Palace with a new manager, a big departure in Lacroix and also another year of European football.
The Eagles are in the Europa League this season following their Conference League win last season and with that comes financial obligations.
Palace have to comply with Uefa’s squad cost ratio (SCR) when trying to bring in players during this transfer window.
The SCR obligations are stricter than those of the Premier League and Palace have to deal with the rules put in place by Uefa, which cap spending on wages, transfers and agent fees at 70% of club revenue.
In the Premier League, for clubs not competing in Europe, they can spend up to 85% of their revenue.
Uefa fears smaller clubs will almost always face problems because they will have to up their spending to build a squad to play in Europe but – as per rules – cannot spend the same percentage of revenue as their league rivals.
The Eagles have not yet paid a fee for a player this window but are moving towards a deal for 19-year-old Real Salt Lake winger Zavier Gozo.
Palace have also produced a couple of bits of shrewd business in the market, signing Tomiyasu on a free transfer and Mingueza after his contract at Celta Vigo expired.
There is also the possibility the Eagles could sell one or two members of their squad to generate funds and there has been interest in Brennan Johnson, who only joined the club in January.
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