
So far, the Eagles have only added Romain Esse from Championship team Millwall during the winter transfer window.
With his goal in the weekend’s 2-1 Premier League loss to Brentford, the attacking midfielder has already established himself at Selhurst Park.
Glasner had made the following humorous statement in response to the question of why the team signed Esse this month: “We said, ‘Who is living closest to the training ground?
We will then sign him. Since Romain could walk over—it’s only a three-minute walk—it was him. It’s sustainability. He is not in need of an automobile. Tomorrow, he can walk.
Dougie [Freedman] has known him for a long time, of course. Our staff of scouts is excellent. After analyzing our games, we question which profile we could add to the team that isn’t [currently] on it. His Championship numbers, in my opinion, are not particularly noteworthy. However, he is 19.
“He has excellent character, which is the second factor. Dougie knows him very, very well. I spoke with him as well. He’s listening and he wants to improve and learn. Having great skills and having this character is what we want.
“It took a little too long to complete the signing, to be a little critical, but it’s better in the middle of the transfer window than at the end.”
Sporting director Dougie Freedman and those at Palace appear to be eyeing more signings, with a new defender on the agenda after Chelsea recalled Trevoh Chalobah and Chadi Riad suffering a worrying injury.
Crystal Palace submitted an opening bid worth €15m (£13m) to sign left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf, but another attacking gem looks set to arrive for the Eagles.

Crystal Palace has reached an agreement to recruit Australian attacker Rylan Brownlie, whom he described as a “sensation” on X, according to journalist Pete O’Rourke of Football Insider.
Within his report, O’Rourke reveals that Palace have agreed terms with the 17-year-old on a free transfer after he left Brisbane Roar and his move will become official when he turns 18 next month.
Brownlie previously trained with Palace in December and ‘the highly-rated forward did enough during his training stint at Palace to be offered a deal’, with the player’s agent being former Crystal Palace defender Craig Moore.
The teenager has limited first-team experience but did make 12 senior A-League appearances for Brisbane Roar before leaving the club, scoring once and registering one assist.
Palace will be hoping that in the future, Brownlie and Esse can star together in the first team, but for now, you’d expect the former to begin his Palace career in the club’s academy.