Jack Butland handed No1 shirt as Crystal Palace name 25-man Premier League squad
Jack Butland has been handed the No1 shirt by Crystal Palace, becoming the first player to hold it since club legend Julian Speroni departed.
The former Stoke City keeper, signed on a three-year deal for around £1million on the domestic deadline day last week, was brought in as cover for injured Wayne Hennessey, who has not been named in the Eagles' 25-man Premier League squad for the season.
Welsh international Hennessey is expected to be out until around February having returned from the last break with a problem in his quad.
Palace can submit another squad following the January transfer window, which could then include Hennessey should he be closer to fitness.
Striker Connor Wickham, who has struggled for form at fitness for a number of years at Palace, sustained another injury last week and is not named in Palace's squad.
Academy graduate Tyrick Mitchell, who has started every game for Palace so far this season, and summer signing Nathan Ferguson are not named in the official list. However, given that they are under the age of 21, do not need to be included.
