<figure id="attachment_3131736" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3131736" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3131736" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/b29d8390-dean-henderson-ap-110825.webp" alt="Dean Henderson AP 110825" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3131736" class="wp-caption-text">Dean Henderson led Palace to a Community Shield victory over Liverpool yesterday. (AP pic)</figcaption></figure>
LONDON: Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson said that the club&#8217;s drop from the Europa League would &#8220;devalue the competition&#8221;, as they await the Court of Arbitration for Sport&#8217;s (CAS) decision on their appeal against Uefa&#8217;s ruling in a multi-club ownership case.
Palace were demoted to the Conference League, the third-tier European competition, by Uefa&#8217;s club financial control body in July because John Textor, president of the Eagle Football Group, majority owners of Olympique Lyonnais, also has a controlling stake in the London club.
Ligue 1 club Lyon, which also qualified for the second-tier continental competition, was allowed to compete.
Palace have appealed to CAS against Uefa&#8217;s decision to remove them from the Europa League, with a closed-door hearing taken place on Aug 8.
A decision is expected today.
&#8220;We win the FA Cup, we are justified to be in the Europa League,&#8221; Henderson told BBC Radio 5 Live after leading Palace to a FA Community Shield victory over Premier League champions Liverpool yesterday.
&#8220;For football purposes, we deserve to be in the Europa League. I think it would devalue the competition unfortunately if we weren&#8217;t in the Europa League.&#8221;
Palace said in June that New York Jets co-owner Robert Wood &#8220;Woody&#8221; Johnson had signed a legally binding agreement to buy Eagle Football Holding&#8217;s stake in the club.
Palace, however, missed the March deadline to comply with the multi-club ownership rules before winning the FA Cup in May to earn their place in European competition.
&#8220;I know the chairman (Steve Parish) has fought hard against it and fingers crossed we are in the Europa League like we deserve to be,&#8221; Henderson, 28, said.
&#8220;I am sure they will see sense and put us back in the Europa League.&#8221;

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