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Despite retaining Mateta, who is Palace’s top scorer with eight league goals this season, the Eagles paid a club record fee to sign striker Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n Palace were also on the verge of bringing in Everton<\/a> winger Dwight McNeil until the deal fell through late on deadline day.<\/p>\n Glasner said he had “learned to accept situations” after Palace were also unsuccessful in finding a replacement for captain and centre-back Marc Guehi, who joined Manchester City<\/a> earlier in the window.<\/p>\n “At the end of it, the club tried everything with huge offers and huge bids for a Marc Guehi replacement, but clubs said they don’t sell on deadline day,” Glasner said.<\/p>\n “Credit to the club that without getting any money for Mateta they still spent a big fee on Strand Larsen.<\/p>\n “On the other side, McNeil was the last one we thought we could finalise, but in the last minutes the terms of the deal changed again and the deal failed. I expected him and planned for him in the next day’s training.”<\/p>\n McNeil’s partner, Megan Sharpley, criticised Crystal Palace<\/a> on social media for the way they handled the situation.<\/p>\n