Crystal Palace star has deleted every reference of the club on his social media after being completely frozen out.
The 28-year-old signed for Palace from Arsenal a year ago for a fee of £4 million but has made just a single appearance – in a Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester United.
Holding has been plagued by injuries during his time at Selhurst Park and the addition of three centre-backs in Chadi Riad, Maxence Lacroix and Trevoh Chalobah pushes him further down the pecking order.
The former Bolton Wanderers player is currently fit but after the draw with Chelsea last weekend, manager Oliver Glasner explained that Holding is training alone.
However, he refused to go into too much detail as to why Holding isn’t with the main group.
“Rob [Holding] is training individually at the moment,” Glasner said in his press conference.
“We will talk together. He knows the reason, but it is something that stays between Rob and me. Nothing public.”
Holding has not commented on the matter himself but looks to have made his feelings clear on Instagram.
As noted by fans on social media, Holding appears to have deleted all of his Palace-related posts on his profile.
Instead, the bulk of his pictures on his grid are from his time at Arsenal – made of training and match snaps.
Holding’s last post was from October 2023, a month after signing for Palace.
His announcement post and some training pics were present previously.
He also looks to have unfollowed Palace on Instagram, in an apparent unhappy response to his situation.
Fans have reacted to the social media activity, with many feeling sad for Holding.
One wrote: “Turned into a sh**** move for him in the end. Hope he can secure another club and actually play a little before calling it a day.”
Another said: “Shame how it’s worked out for him. Say what you will about his level but he never hid, unlike a lot of people he had to share a pitch with.”
A third wrote: “I hope he finds himself a new club soon, maybe in the MLS
A fourth commented: “He’s a decent cb. Surely some low PL club will be interested in him?”
The Austrian said: “Rob is training individually at the moment. We will talk together. He knows the reason, but it is something that stays between Rob and me. Nothing public.”
Now, Rob Holding has done something interesting to add fuel to the fire at Crystal Palace…
What Rob Holding has done after Oliver Glasner comments
The Crystal Palace No.4 has now deleted all mention and imagery of Crystal Palace from his Instagram account – while also unfollowing the Eagles on the social media platform.
That might not mean so much to the older Crystal Palace supporter, but the younger generation will know that footballers in the modern era regularly speak their mind through social media activity – often cryptically – so Holding’s actions are quite intriguing.
In our view, the 28-year-old is probably just a bit fed up.
Holding left Arsenal for Selhurst Park in a £4m move back in September 2023 after a tough time at Arsenal, where he made just six Premier League starts in the 2022/23 campaign.
The man from Tameside perhaps then expected to receive more minutes at Crystal Palace, but after making zero Premier League starts last season, he now seems to have lost his temper somewhat.
Not sure what the Crystal Palace No.4 expected
If Holding’s decision to delete all mention of Crystal Palace from his Instagram is solely down to a lack of playing time, then we aren’t quite sure what he expected to happen in SE25.
The central defender found himself behind two excellent players in William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes at Arsenal, but still signed himself up for Crystal Palace, where there was a similar situation with Marc Guehi, Chris Richards and Joachim Andersen at the back.
Therefore, Holding cannot have just expected to walk straight into the starting XI.
Glasner has since added further quality to that area in the form of Maxence Lacroix, Chadi Riad and Trevoh Chalobah, so Holding clearly hasn’t stood out in training during the 50-year-old’s time in charge of Crystal Palace.
Now, given his social media antics and the wealth of options in that area, we would not be surprised if the £4m man departs Selhurst Park in January.
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