{"id":602128,"date":"2026-08-23T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602128\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:38:08","slug":"matetas-palace-dispute-deepens-after-losing-appeals-to-end-contract-early-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602128\/","title":{"rendered":"Mateta\u2019s Palace dispute deepens after losing appeals to end contract early | Crystal Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jean-Philippe Mateta is in dispute with Crystal Palace<\/a> over the final year of his contract but failed in an attempt to have it ruled invalid by an independent Premier League tribunal and Fifa. The France striker signed a four-and-a-half-year contract when he joined permanently from Mainz in January 2022 after an initial loan, in a deal that also included the option of a 12-month extension. That was activated by Palace in 2024, with Mateta\u2019s contract now due to expire at the end of this season.<\/p>\n

But it is understood the 29-year-old and his representatives have disputed whether that extension was valid and took the case to an independent tribunal under Premier League regulations last season. Official confirmation of the outcome has not been disclosed, although Palace insist Mateta\u2019s contract remains binding and he played in their defeat at Everton<\/a> on Saturday. Fifa also rejected his claim after ruling it did not have jurisdiction over the dispute. Mateta\u2019s representative has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n

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Mateta has been trying to force through a move from Selhurst Park for some time and it is understood he has interest from Aston Villa, who are considering whether to sell Ollie Watkins to the Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal. Mateta failed a medical with Milan in January because of a knee problem after the Italian side had agreed a fee of around \u00a330m and spent two months on the sidelines before returning to help Palace win the Conference League. Mateta was booed by some sections of supporters at first and is likely to get another frosty reception when Manchester City visit south London on Friday night in their first home match of the new campaign.<\/p>\n

Jean-Philippe Mateta had a shot hit a post during Crystal Palace\u2019s defeat at Everton. Photograph: Paul Currie\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pierre Sage has insisted that Isma\u00efla Sarr will remain at the club despite strong interest from Galatasaray. The Senegal forward missed the 2-0 defeat at Everton due to what Sage described as a \u201cpain in his groin\u201d and Palace\u2019s new manager dismissed reports that the 28-year-old had refused to travel to Merseyside because he wants to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took the decision before the session with the doctor, the player, and me, to let him get treatment and do an individual session, and he will be back on Monday with us,\u201d he said. \u201cFor the moment, we don\u2019t want him to leave. He is under contract with us with three years to go and he will be with us on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palace are also braced for more interest this week in Adam Wharton and Daniel Mu\u00f1oz, who has entered the final two years of his contract and has been linked with Everton, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham. They have already agreed a loan move for Chelsea\u2019s Axel Disasi but may be forced into signing another centre back before the deadline if fears over Chadi Riad\u2019s knee injury are proved correct.<\/p>\n

The Moroccan, who was out for more than a year after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury on his second appearance for the club after joining in 2024, was carried off on a stretcher after attempting to block a cross in the second half against Everton. \u201cI hope it will be better than we think,\u201d said Sage. \u201cWe await the medical tests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jean-Philippe Mateta is in dispute with Crystal Palace over the final year of his contract but failed in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-602128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}