Overview

• Palace appear before the Court of Arbitration for Sport today to challenge UEFA’s decision to demote them to the Conference League
• The club argues that John Textor sold his shares to Woody Johnson in June and never exercised decisive control, satisfying Article 5 requirements
• UEFA’s Club Financial Control Board cited a missed March 1 deadline to resolve Textor’s dual stake in Palace and Lyon when assigning them to Europe’s third tier
• Nottingham Forest stand provisionally listed for Palace’s Europa League place if the appeal fails, and Palace have highlighted Forest owner ties to Lyon
• Palace may seek compensation in European courts after a recent European Court of Justice ruling that broadened appeal routes following CAS decisions