Overview

• An October communication from the European Club Association advising member clubs of a possible May 31 extension has become the centrepiece of Palace’s challenge to UEFA’s firm March 1 cutoff
• Crystal Palace has formally requested all UEFA exchanges with Nottingham Forest to demonstrate alleged inconsistent treatment of multi-club ownership cases
• The club received UEFA’s full written reasons for its demotion and is advancing its case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
• The Football Association has written to UEFA in support of Palace’s call for transparency and a fair review of the ownership deadline
• Nottingham Forest remain provisionally promoted to the Europa League while hundreds of Palace supporters staged protests at Selhurst Park this week