Chelsea vs Crystal Palace live: Team news, lineups and Eze updates from Premier League opening weekend – UK Times

It would certainly be good to see Eberechi Eze out there for Crystal Palace, though the timing of the reports over a possible to Tottenham could hardly be worse. Oliver Glasner and his squad have already had to handle a fair bit of disruption this summer with the Europa League demotion and subsequent Cas hearing – but they were very good in the Community Shield last week and will hope to impress again.

Tottenham have made a strong move for Eberechi Eze in the last 24 hours, a deal worth in excess of £50m moving closer to being agreed. Will the Crystal Palace forward start today? He certainly doesn’t seem to have gone all Alexander Isak, though there are conflicting reports over his involvement.

A busy opening weekend of Premier League action continues with a London derby, Crystal Palace making the short trip across the city to Stamford Bridge to meet a Chelsea side harbouring title hopes after Club World Cup success.