- Watch the first part of Glasner's press conference here.
- How to watch & follow Saturday's FA Cup tie.
The Eagles’ defence of their FA Cup trophy begins in Cheshire on Saturday and, having already confirmed that Marc Guéhi would start – and JP Mateta would not travel with the squad – the Manager revealed further team news plans in the embargoed section of his pre-match press conference.
Glasner confirmed that a number of Academy players would be involved, noting: “Many will go with us, and one or two will start, and we'll have a little bit of rotation.
“Marc will start, Adam [Wharton] will start and Yéremy Pino will start. Many who played in the last games will start. We need just to rotate a little bit, because we have to accept the schedule and we have a responsibility not to get injured players again.”
The Manager confirmed that youngster Rio Cardines is expected to return to first-team training in February, and Morocco defender Chadi Riad would play 45 minutes for the Under-21s against Chelsea on Saturday morning – his first match action in just shy of a year.