Speaking in his pre-Community Shield press conference, the Manager confirmed that Eddie Nketiah and Cheick Doucouré will be out of action for a number of months, with Caleb Kporha and Matheus França also unavailable for Sunday’s match.
Glasner said: “It is no secret Eddie Nketiah missed more or less the whole pre-season, because on the second day at the start of pre-season, he had a small injury, and now he has a more serious injury and will be out for what looks like eight weeks.
"Then, without any pre-season, I think it will take him three or four more weeks to be ready.
“Caleb Kporha has problems with his back and is not able to train and has been out the whole pre-season – we don’t know when he will return.
“Matheus França is unfortunately injured again, so he's out. He missed the whole pre-season.
“Cheick had a setback – we don’t know when he will return. He’s still not able to train, his knee's reacting, so especially for him – he’s such a lovely guy – it’s tough, where he’s not in the training and playing rhythm, coming in every single day and working the gym, working rehab, and then you get a bad reaction in your knee again.
"He gets all our support – but he won’t be back for the next couple of months.
“The positive side is the 15 or 16 players who played most of the minutes last year are still here. The group know how we want to play and have started at a completely different level compared to last season.
“The basics are there, it’s now just to get back into the rhythm and activate everything in their minds. Of course, they could switch off [over the summer] and it was necessary for them, but we’ve started on a completely different level, with a different mindset and different standard we set last year, and this is why we can look forward to the season in a very positive way.”
The Manager also confirmed, speaking about Ebere Eze and Marc Guéhi: "He [Eze] will play on Sunday, definitely. Marc as well – Marc will captain the team."
Match Details
Crystal Palace v Liverpool
- Sunday, 10th August
- 15:00 BST
- FA Community Shield
- Wembley Stadium
- Live audio commentary on Palace TV+.