Next Crystal Palace manager: ‘Frontrunner’ to replace Pierre Sage is revealed as sack decision looms

By Oliver Thomas | 26 Oct 2026 08:26, Last updated: 26 Oct 2026 09:07

Sean Dyche has emerged arsenic the frontrunner to go the adjacent Crystal Palace manager should Pierre Sage beryllium sacked, according to a report.

Sage has won conscionable 4 of his archetypal 12 matches successful complaint of the Eagles successful each competitions since succeeding Oliver Glasner successful the summer, with lone 2 wins posted crossed his opening 8 Premier League games.

Palace were incapable to bounce backmost from their humbling 5-0 distant decision to Brighton & Hove Albion arsenic they fell to a 2-0 location nonaccomplishment against Newcastle United connected Sunday, leaving Sage’s broadside 17th successful the table and conscionable 1 constituent supra the relegation zone.

No Premier League squad person conceded much goals than Palace (19) truthful acold this season, and The Telegraph reports that Sage is present nether aggravated unit to support his job.

It is claimed that Dyche, who has been retired of enactment since being dismissed by Nottingham Forest successful February, is starring the contention to regenerate the Frenchman astatine Selhurst Park.

Dyche the ‘frontrunner’ to regenerate Sage arsenic Crystal Palace boss

Dyche has managed implicit 350 Premier League games with 3 antithetic clubs and has a beardown grounds successful relegation battles, which would entreaty to a nine similar Palace who could soon beryllium dragged into one.

The 55-year-old spent a decennary successful complaint astatine Burnley wherever helium secured top-flight promotion doubly and kept past successful the Premier League for six successive seasons earlier helium was relieved of his duties successful April 2022.

Dyche besides steered Everton distant from information during a adjacent 12-month spell astatine Goodison Park earlier being sacked successful January 2025, and past spent conscionable 4 months successful complaint of Nottingham Forest, winning six of his 18 league matches.

It is understood that erstwhile Tottenham and Brentford brag Thomas Frank was connected Crystal Palace’s managerial shortlist earlier appointing Sage and could look arsenic a contender erstwhile again.

Vitor Pereira is different sanction ‘expected’ to travel into contention for struggling Premier League teams battling to debar the drop, having saved Wolves and Forest successful his erstwhile jobs.

Sage reacts to “normal” unit aft latest Palace setback

Following the decision to Newcastle, Sage insisted that his players and the club’s hierarchy inactive enactment him contempt their mediocre commencement to the season.

"Yes. I deliberation they bash [believe successful me],” helium told reporters. "It's mean [to beryllium nether pressure] due to the fact that we don't person the results. The sound is simply a effect of the squad and we don't person [the points] we expect.

"Inside, we conscionable are truly focused connected the solutions, however to beryllium amended and however to make the conditions to compete. I don't person to person radical astir the club, I conscionable person to person the players to bash their champion and proceed their improvement.

"After that, this benignant of determination of what we are speaking astir is to the president (Steve Parish) and owners. For me, the sound astir the squad and nine is lone noise.

"I spoke with the president this week, but I didn't talk astir this subject. We spoke astir the game, the information of the squad and however we physique our crippled program to vie today.

“We didn't talk astir this subject. I stock my strategy with him and the method staff. It's normal."

Crystal Palace are adjacent successful enactment connected Wednesday nighttime distant against Fulham successful the EFL Cup 4th round, earlier travelling to Spurs for their adjacent Premier League lucifer connected Saturday.