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Crystal Palace poised to sack Pierre Sage and target Frank after Liverpool defeat
Frenchman under pressure after four successive defeats Former Spurs manager Frank emerging as main candidate Crystal Palace are poised to sack Pierre Sage after
Crystal Palace are poised to dismiss manager Pierre Sage after Sunday’s 3-1 defeat by Liverpool left the club bottom of the Premier League for the first time since December 2017. Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank has emerged as the leading candidate to take over, according to reports.
Palace have lost four consecutive league matches. Sage, appointed in mid-June to replace Oliver Glasner, is under mounting pressure after a 5-0 defeat by Brighton last month and a run of results that has brought little sign of improvement.
The club are reported to have begun the process of finding a successor. Sage was expected to become the first Premier League manager dismissed this season, with a decision anticipated on Monday. His departure had not been confirmed at the time of the report.
Palace have won only two of their 10 league games this season and conceded 24 goals, the division’s highest total. Despite promising moments against Liverpool at Selhurst Park, the team’s defensive problems persisted. Their tendency to concede from set pieces had not been resolved, and the club hierarchy was understood to have run out of patience, despite Sage having been in charge for 16 matches.
Frank, who was dismissed by Tottenham in February, spoke to Palace during the summer and is reported to be interested in a new challenge after a successful spell at Brentford. His emergence as the leading candidate does not mean an appointment has been made.
Sean Dyche, another former Nottingham Forest manager, also has supporters at Palace and is regarded as a more experienced Premier League option. Vítor Pereira, who has also managed Forest, is another possible alternative. Neither had been confirmed as the club’s preferred choice.
Sage joined Palace from Lens, where he won the Coupe de France and guided the club to Champions League qualification in his final season. He signed a three-year contract after taking the job in south London in mid-June. The prospect of an early end to that tenure follows a difficult start to the league campaign, with Palace now at the foot of the table after Sunday’s result.
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- 8 November 2026, 23:06
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- 9 November 2026, 00:08
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