Oliver Glasner: Transfer business is no excuse for Palace’s loss to West Ham

Oliver Glasner refused to pin Crystal Palace’s 2-0 loss to West Ham on the departure of key players and insisted he had the squad to win.

The Austrian found himself two more players down in the 24 hours before their home opener after Joachim Andersen and Jordan Ayew’s respective departures for Fulham and Leicester were finalised on Friday.

Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen struck in the second half to secure victory for Julen Lopetegui’s side.

And though the Eagles boss had admitted...