Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has confirmed that the club will take their bid to overturn expulsion from the Europa League to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

European governing body Uefa stripped the FA Cup winners of their spot in next season’s competition last week after ruling that they had broken multi-club ownership (MCO) rules.

The decision has provoked a backlash from Palace, with fans staging a protest march this week and local MPs petitioning Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to intervene.

Parish, too, has been furious at the perceived injustice and has now declared that the club will use the one legal avenue still at their disposal to fight their case.

“We are still fighting. There’s an appeal process, so we go to CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] and we’re very hopeful,” Parish told podcast The Rest is Football.

“We think we’ve got great legal arguments. We don’t think this is the right decision by any means.”

Uefa ruled against Palace because US investor John Textor owns 43 per cent of the club, as well as the majority of fellow Europa League qualifiers Lyon. 

The legal arguments Palace will rely on

Under multi-club rules no two teams who share an owner with “decisive influence” can play in the same competition. As the higher ranking side, Lyon were allowed to keep their place and Palace relegated to the Conference League.

“This is a key threshold under Uefa rules and the interpretation of said phrase could make or break the appeal,” lawyer Charlie Edwards told City AM.