Eberechi Eze has been left out of Crystal Palace's team for its Conference League playoff match on Thursday amid reports the England forward is about to join Arsenal.

OLIVER GLASNER has revealed the reason why Eberechi Eze has not featured for Crystal Palace on their European debut. The Eagles were expecting their talisman to feature in tonight’s Europa

Crystal Palace enter their Europa Conference League play-off first leg against Fredrikstad with the focus inevitably fixed on Eberechi Eze. The midfielder, whose flair has so often defined Palace’s attacking spark, is on the verge of a £67.5million move to Arsenal.

Crystal Palace are in talks with Nottingham Forest, and the Metropolitan police, over the provision of increased security for Sunday’s Premier League game between the teams at Selhurst Park.

USMNT center back Chris Richards and his Premier League club Crystal Palace are off to a strong start to this season, adding to last week's Community Shield triumph with a 0-0 draw at Chelsea on Sunday.

Arsenal have agreed to a fee of close to £68 million ($92m) with Crystal Palace for midfielder Eberechi Eze, sources have told ESPN.