Oliver Glasner confirmed that Chadi Riad returned to Crystal Palace training this week. 

The Moroccan international, signed from Barcelona for £14m, suffered an MCL injury during the first ten minutes of Palace’s 4-0 EFL Cup victory over Norwich in September.

Following 14 weeks in recovery, the centre-back is back in training and will work towards building on his two Palace starts. 

Glasner shared that the 21-year-old is in high spirits but confessed it will take a while to get him back up to scratch.

“He came back and did really well," Glasner told the News Shopper. "He’s enjoyed it. 

"Chadi has been out for 14 weeks now. He needs training, which is a bit of a problem because we don’t have training next week as it’s a three-game week. 

“It’s good to have him back. He’s enjoying it.”