Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has confirmed that Eddie Nketiah sustained a hamstring injury against Wolves.

Nketiah, 25, signed from Arsenal for a fee potentially rising to £30 million, becomes the ninth player ruled out ahead of Palace's clash with Fulham on Saturday. 

Detailing the state of his squad ahead of tomorrow's London derby, Glasner acknowledged that he has a limited group to select from. 

"We suffer with several injuries. Long-term, it's Chadi Riad and Franca still out. Then it's Eberechi Eze still out, and Adam Wharton, after his surgery, is still out. Jefferson Lerma is still out.

"Eddie Nketiah is out with a hamstring injury. Will Hughes is suspended with a fifth yellow card, so it is quite a tight squad. Joel Ward and Chris Richards are back."

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The Eagles boss continued to discuss the huge dose of injuries in his squad, calling attention to the number of minutes his players have played in the past twelve months. 

"Blame me for the injuries of the players.

"When we're talking about hamstring injuries, it was Chris Richards, it was Jefferson Lerma and Eberechi Eze. They had long tournaments in the summer. No holiday, no vacation, no pre-season. 

"It's tough, and then we can say yes, we're giving them time. But sometimes, we always try to do our best in the situation where we are in. It's okay giving him a rest, giving him a rest, giving him a rest, but when we lose three games, everybody would say, hey, come on, why give the players time to rest? 

"We're always in talks with the players; they always have to raise their thumbs and say, okay, I'm fine, I think I can play. 

"It can happen because it's sports. I think it's not, especially in our situation where we don’t have European football. It's not the amount of games. It's no time off and no pre-season. 

"I think sometimes when we talk about Olympic athletes, they have four years of pre-season, they prepare for this one run in the next Olympics, and our players have 10 days and then playing 50/60 games, whatever it is. 

"But I don't complain about it. It is how it is. I can't change it, so we will enter the Selhurst pitch tomorrow and go for winning."

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Reports suggested that Nketiah picked up his hamstring injury in a private training session away from the club. However, the Crystal Palace boss was quick to rubbish the claims, taking the blame for the attacker's setback. 

"Eddie played the last two games. At Aston Villa, he was the guy who was sprinting most on the pitch in 83 minutes. I think it was my mistake, my fault, that I didn't sub him earlier in the Wolves game because he was sprinting again.

"In the Tottenham game, we had the highest intensity runs in the Premier League, and this was all in three days.

"I think we should have subbed him a bit earlier. He felt something in his hamstring during the game, but he was fighting for the team until the end of the game, and now he has problems. Let's see how long it will take. 

"I heard about [the private training session]. I spoke to him, and Eddie mentioned after the game that he felt his hamstring. So he had a scan, and we found out it was more serious than we expected. I always trust my players, so why should I trust a strange source instead of my players?

"In these times we are living, I think most of our players have their own coaches, physiotherapists or whatever. So, on the one side, we like that professional players care about their bodies. 

"We want them to be professional. The challenge which every single club has is to find the best communication. Our fitness department and our doctors make sure that we are always connected with the individual coaches of the players.

"It's clear that if somebody wants to train, we always get the information. We have a good communication with this. 

"For me, if I ask the player and the player answers to me, then I always trust him as long as I don't know it by 100% because there are so many rumours around, and I know this. I asked Eddie, and he said no, he didn't - that's it."

Glasner has refused to put a timeline on the length of Nkeitah's recovery from his injury, although it is unlikely the attacker will be fit to face Aston Villa after the international break. 

"I don't know exactly. It looks quite tight that he would return for the Villa game after the international break, but it would be important for all of us.

"We can't risk anything because if we get a re-injury and the player misses four or five weeks, he misses eight games. Sometimes, it's better to wait one more game."