Oliver Glasner handed fresh nightmare Crystal Palace training ground blow ahead of Fulham

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner will have only three senior forwards available for their Premier League game against Fulham this weekend, with reports suggesting that summer signing Eddie Nketiah is battling a hamstring injury in a bid to be fit for the match.

The Eagles are already without Eberechi Eze, Jefferson Lerma, Chadi Riad, Adam Wharton, Franco Umeh, and Matheus Franca for Saturday’s Premier League outing at Selhurst Park. The news of the striker not being in training, first reported by the South London Press, reveals that Nketiah’s hamstring injury will leave Glasner short on attacking options heading into the final game before the international break.

It has been a challenging period for Glasner, who has had to extract the maximum from a squad low on confidence and struggling under Roy Hodgson. Glasner managed to galvanise the team and guide them to an impressive 10th-place finish in the league.

However, things have been much tougher since then. Injuries, inconsistent form, and recruitment issues have all contributed to a disappointing start to the current season, with Palace securing just one win from their first 10 league games. Despite this, there is hope, as Palace have gone three matches in all competitions without defeat.

The news that Nketiah has not trained at the team’s training ground on Copers Cope Road in Beckenham is a major concern, particularly as he was signed to be the focal point of a team that lost two of its star players in recent seasons. Wilfried Zaha departed for Turkey without being adequately replaced, while Michael Olise, the team's rising star, moved to Bayern Munich in the summer. Palace have rarely splashed £30 million on a player, but they showed real faith in backing the Lewisham-born forward.

Fulham, in contrast, come into this match in better shape, having won four, drawn three, and lost three of their first 10 league games.