Postman Pat
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Fair enough.
So Palace didn't intentionally "leave a space" they just had a space.
Every day is a school day.
They did in as much as they released a player they would have had to have named in the squad so they had space. Kleton Perntreou, he was a reserve keeper.
This is the rule on contracted players:
Clubs do not have to name a full squad of 25 if they do not have that many contracted players and in this case they can add free agents outside the transfer window. However if they have 25 eligible contracted players, they must be named.
We would have had to have released 2 players (or got them loans) in order to leave space in the squad.