Summer signings Mohammed Kudus and Joao Palhinha both starred for Tottenham as they fell agonisingly short of lifting their second trophy in the space of four months, but Frank added post-match that he needs reinforcements in the closing weeks of the window.

Glasner, though, offered no guarantees that the pair would stay at Palace beyond the end of the transfer window on September 1.

Eberechi Eze starts for Crystal Palace in their first game of the season against Chelsea. Eze’s inclusion in the Palace XI comes as somewhat of a surprise given the speculation around his