A gaggle of Liberal Democrat MPs have requested the tradition secretary Lisa Nandy to intervene over Uefa’s “disgraceful” determination to demote Crystal Palace from the Europa League for breaching its multi-club possession guidelines.

The seven politicians from London – together with celebration chief Sir Ed Davey – wrote to precise “deep concern” over what they known as “a extremely uncommon and extreme punishment on the membership that raises critical questions on equity and transparency within the governance of English soccer”.

The Eagles, who certified for the Europa League by successful the FA Cup – their first main trophy – in Might, have been demoted to the decrease tier Convention League on Friday.

The principles of European soccer’s governing physique state that golf equipment owned, to a sure threshold of affect, by the identical individual or entity can’t compete in the identical European competitors.

American businessman John Textor owns a stake in Palace and is almost all proprietor of French membership Lyon, who’ve additionally certified for the Europa League.

Uefa’s guidelines set a deadline of 1 March 2025 to indicate proof of multi-club possession restructuring – a deadline which Palace missed.

In a letter seen by BBC Sport, the group of Lib Dems described the saga as “heart-breaking for followers”.

“Different golf equipment appear to undergo far more protracted disputes with much less extreme outcomes,” they mentioned.

“Many consider that this course of has been opaque and disproportionately punitive [and] dangers undermining not solely the membership’s achievement but in addition public confidence within the equity of soccer governance.”