FA to investigate Marinakis banner at Palace match

The Football Association is investigating a banner unfurled by Crystal Palace fans that depicted Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis holding a weapon to midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White's head.

Forest are hugely disappointed that supporters were permitted to bring nan banner into Selhurst Park, according to well-placed sources.

Crystal Palace person been approached for remark by nan BBC.

Palace and Forest played retired a 1-1 tie astatine Selhurst Park connected Sunday but nan conflict was overshadowed by nan banner which, successful summation to nan portrayal of Marinakis pointing a weapon towards Gibbs-White, read: "Mr Marinakis is not progressive successful blackmail, match-fixing, supplier trafficking aliases corruption!"

Marinakis has consistently denied immoderate wrongdoing successful narration to specified allegations.

The FA is probing nan banner and will determine whether Palace look punishment.

There are strict rules regarding messaging contained successful specified banners regarding foul connection and defamatory, governmental and violative slogans.

The banner will service to heighten tensions betwixt nan 2 clubs pursuing a arguable summertime that saw Palace relegated into nan Europa Conference League pinch Forest taking their spot successful nan Europa League aft nan London nine contravened Uefa's multi-club ownership rules.

Last month, Palace president Steve Parish said nan determination to region Crystal Palace from nan Europa League was "the biggest injustice successful nan history of football".

However, location is now awesome vexation astatine nan City Ground that much was not done to forestall nan banner from being displayed.

The banner is viewed astatine Forest arsenic being inflammatory and xenophobic. They are privately questioning why Palace and nan club's ownership group consisting of Woody Johnson, Parish, Josh Harris and David Blitzer person not publically criticised nan banner.

Gibbs-White came adjacent to leaving Forest for Tottenham earlier this summertime aft nan London nine appeared to trigger nan England international's £60m merchandise clause.

But nan midfielder ended up staying astatine nan City Ground, signing a caller deal,, external and speaking astir his determination to enactment successful an question and reply alongside Marinakis.