Our Crystal Palace correspondent Matt Woosnam was at Stamford Bridge yesterday for that 0-0 draw and here is an excerpt of what he wrote on Eze’s potential final game for the club:
📝 A match-winning goal would have been the perfect way for Eze to bow out at Palace. As it is, the possibility that the 27-year-old leaves this week remains, with Tottenham Hotspur still keen to secure his services.
There is no guarantee of a departure. Glasner expects him to start against Fredrikstad in the Conference League on Thursday, and that would be a more fitting way to go out — competing for Palace in Europe.
He has blossomed into a senior England international and become part of the furniture at Palace. His ability warrants regular European exposure.
There was no definitive goodbye upon his substitution or after the final whistle. Yet his applause and acknowledgement of their song might have been construed as thanks and farewell.