{"id":597812,"date":"2021-08-01T17:39:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T21:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=597812"},"modified":"2021-08-01T17:39:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T21:39:18","slug":"gary-cahill-leaves-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/01\/gary-cahill-leaves-crystal-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Cahill Leaves Crystal Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Cahill has officially left <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/30\/crystal-palace-will-hughes\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> after two seasons with the club. The Eagles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPFC\/status\/1421832287596032000\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> the release of Cahill after they failed to agree a new deal with the 35-year-old.<\/p>\n<h2>Gary Cahill is Now a Free Agent<\/h2>\n<h3>Crystal Palace Fail to Agree New Deal with Gary Cahill<\/h3>\n<p>Gary Cahill is now available as a free agent after the defender failed to agree a new deal with Crystal Palace. The defender was in talks over a new contract with the Eagles after the expiry of his contract at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Cahill joined the Eagles in 2019 on a two-year contract from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/29\/sevilla-chelsea-jules-kounde\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a>. The defender quickly established himself as a first-team regular and played 47 matches across two seasons for Palace. During the period, Cahill also scored his first and only goal for the club during a win against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/26\/newcastle-united-axel-tuanzebe\/\" target=\"_self\">Newcastle United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But injuries had been a problem for Cahill at Selhurst Park. The defender had at times struggled with injuries and made only 31 league matches during his two years at the club.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the fans <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryJCahill\/status\/1421789431716057088\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter<\/a>, Cahill said: &#8220;After much thought and deliberation, I can confirm that I have left Crystal Palace FC after an enjoyable two years. I have really enjoyed my time at the club, and I want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone involved at the club, especially the fans and the staff who welcomed me into their South London family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been a privilege to play at Selhurst Park, especially in that first season where I got to experience the atmosphere that the Eagles fans create on a matchday. Playing in front of the Holmesdale Road stand is a memory that I will cherish in particular. I would like to wish the club all the best for the future and wish them every success for the upcoming season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Qk00uX-xTOx1n9Lj6m-t9w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1232999037\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Qk00uX-xTOx1n9Lj6m-t9w',sig:'KsODQbA7BWBEmJCLoMnokKTVdymCcACiNzU5MSzOwW0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1232999037',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Cahill has officially left Crystal Palace after two seasons with the club. The Eagles confirmed the release of Cahill after they failed to agree a new deal with the 35-year-old. Gary Cahill is Now a Free Agent Crystal Palace Fail to Agree New Deal with Gary Cahill Gary Cahill is now available as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3542,"featured_media":597825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12,3],"tags":[46,459],"class_list":["post-597812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-crystal-palace","category-premier-league","tag-chelsea","tag-gary-cahill"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}