One of the big surprises at the beginning of the season was that Eberechi Eze was still a Crystal Palace player.

The 26-year-old had just been a part of the England squad that reached the final of Euro 2024 and a Palace squad that ended the last campaign winning six of their last seven games.

However, it was team-mate Michael Olise that got the big money move to Bayern Munich leaving Eze at the time, as the sole and main creative spark of Palace’s attack.

In the summer chairman Steve Parish said he was “astounded” that no concrete bids were made.

Eze has a release clause of £60m, plus around £7m in add-ons, in his contract and that kicks in again this summer.

During the last transfer window Palace would have been willing to negotiate if the right offer was made for Eze, because of their relationship with the player and the ambitions he has to play at the top level.

This season has been difficult for him, he hasn’t scored in his last six games but he has got three assists in that time.

Glasner has cut a frustrated figure at times on the touchline when Eze has slowed down attacks which is in contrast to the fast direct football the manager likes to play.

There’s no question that Eze has the quality and deserves the chance to play at the top level.

But a run of form from now until the end of the season would ease the frustration building for some supporters and would help him get the move that he dreams of.