Jean-Philippe Mateta is not going to be within the Crystal Palace squad for tomorrow’s crunch recreation at Nottingham Forest as he’s “not in the suitable place” mentally.
The France striker has expressed a want to go away Selhurst Park earlier than Monday’s switch deadline with AC Milan reportedly .
Mateta is Palace’s main scorer this season with 10 targets in all competitions however has not netted since New 12 months’s Day, since when Glasner has introduced he can be leaving in the summertime and former captain Marc Guehi has joined Manchester Metropolis.
Talking forward of the journey to the Metropolis Floor, Glasner stated: “I can verify JP is not going to be within the matchday squad, however it’s nothing to do proper now with transfers. He isn’t in the suitable place.
“To play is senseless. We’ve to guard the group and I’ve to guard him. That’s the reason he is not going to journey with us to Nottingham.
“There’s a lot noise, a lot hypothesis, so many issues occurring. We’d like each single participant at their greatest and JP isn’t at his greatest proper now with all of the noise that occurs.
“It may be soccer noise, but when somebody has non-public points the place they’ll’t deal with soccer, then it is senseless to play. He can’t assist the group and carry out at his prime stage. We determined it’s higher to not play him.”
Palace working arduous on transfers – Glasner
Palace have made strikes to switch Mateta, assuming he does depart, with Wolves ahead Jorgen Strand Larsen on their radar, though a deal has but to be agreed.
“The membership is working virtually 24 hours a day proper now,” added Glasner.
“Marc [Guehi] left two weeks in the past and no one is in. You’ll be able to think about it’s not really easy – each group desires to play a profitable season, so it’s not really easy that you could get the gamers on the finish of January. I see the membership working arduous to get gamers in to switch Marc and, after all, now we have to organize if one thing occurs with JP.
“Once more, to be clear, it may be that JP stays, and he’s a Palace participant on February 2, and it may be that JP has left the membership and a brand new striker is in.
“These are the 2 conditions we’re speaking about and discussing proper now.”
Mateta can be motivated if he stays
Ought to a transfer for Mateta not materialise, Glasner has no considerations over the participant’s starvation with the World Cup on the horizon.
“I do know if JP stays he can be extremely motivated as a result of he has a giant dream to play for France on the World Cup,” he stated.
“Due to this fact, he must carry out, and he must play higher than he has performed in the previous couple of weeks. That’s what he is aware of.
“Proper now, it’s tough, however I’m fairly certain on February 2, when the window closes, all people has the identical objective for a profitable season. The person objective for each participant, they need to play for his or her nation on the World Cup.
“That’s the reason I can nonetheless sleep nicely.”
Palace are on a wretched run and haven’t gained within the league since December 7. Defeat tomorrow would see Forest pull level with them on 28 points.
