Oliver Glasner has already told Crystal Palace supporters what to expect amid manager news
Crystal Palace were reported to be ‘in talks’ with former Eintracht Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner even before today’s news that Roy Hodgson had collapsed at training. The veteran boss was ‘rushed to hospital’ but the club has now confirmed that the 76-year-old is ‘stable’ and ‘undergoing tests’ in hospital.
It is expected that Hodgson will not travel with the team to Everton on Monday night with assistants Paddy McCarthy and Ray Lewington poised to step in as he recovers. The former England boss has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks following a poor run of form that has seen the club muster just four wings in 18 Premier League outings.
The situation hasn’t been helped by an awful period of injuries with key stars Eberechi Eze, Michael Olise and Marc Guehi all needing treatment and missing matches. Hodgson had been due to leave the club upon his contract’s expiry this summer but it is now thought that the club will part ways with the manager sooner as the situation becomes more and more difficult to maintain.
A number of names had been linked with the Crystal Palace job, from Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna and former Nottingham Forest man Steve Cooper to Premier League legends in Jose Mourinho and Rafa Benitez. However, it appears that the South London club have found their man in Glasner.
The 49-year-old has been out of work since leaving Frankfurt at the end of last season after two years. Following a tricky start, Glasner led the club to win the Europa League final against Rangers in 2022 and secured a place in the Champions League.
Frankfurt went on to qualify from the Group Stage in the Champions League last season but were knocked out in the Round of 16 by Napoli. Glasner’s side placed seventh in the Bundesliga, qualifying for the Europa Conference League, and reached the final of the DFB-Polka.
