Next Crystal Palace manager: Pierre Sage ‘agreement reached’ as contract details are revealed

Crystal Palace are reportedly closing successful connected the assignment of Pierre Sage arsenic their caller caput coach.

The Eagles person been connected the lookout for a caller brag ever since Oliver Glasner announced successful January that helium would beryllium leaving the nine astatine the extremity of the 2025-26 season.

Glasner signed disconnected successful benignant by guiding Palace to continental glory, securing a slender 1-0 triumph implicit Rayo Vallecano successful the Conference League final astatine the extremity of May.

The South London nine person since been linked with a big of imaginable managerial candidates, including Andoni Iraola who precocious swapped Bournemouth for Liverpool.

Coventry City’s Frank Lampard, Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna and erstwhile Everton brag Sean Dyche person besides been connected Palace’s radar, but Sage precocious emerged arsenic the starring enactment to win Glasner pursuing a affirmative circular of talks.

Sage connected verge of becoming caller Crystal Palace caput coach

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Palace person agreed a woody successful rule to name Lens brag Sage connected a three-year woody until June 2029, which includes a one-year hold option.

A abstracted study from Sky Sports News claims that Palace and Lens are adjacent to agreeing a compensation bundle to let the 47-year-old to implicit his determination to the Premier League.

Sage took implicit arsenic Lens caput manager successful June past twelvemonth and successfully steered the nine to an awesome second-place decorativeness successful Ligue 1, accumulating 70 points from 34 matches (W22 D4 L8).

Les Sang et Or besides bushed Nice 3-1 successful the Coupe de France final, winning the contention for the archetypal clip successful their 120-year history.

Sage is acceptable to depart Lens with a respectable 67.5% triumph rate, gathering connected his erstwhile tenure astatine Lyon wherever helium secured 32 victories from 56 matches implicit 2 years.

The similarities betwixt Glasner and Crystal Palace-bound Sage

Several Crystal Palace supporters are pleased by the club’s pursuit of Sage, who has past playing a three-at-the-back strategy that Glasner utilized passim his Selhurst Park tenure.

Sticking with this enactment prevents the request for drastic changes successful unit to beryllium made, portion is besides bodes good for the likes of Daniel Munoz and Tyrick Mitchell who thrived nether Glasner arsenic attack-minded wing-backs.

Some volition reason that determination is an constituent of hazard successful appointing a manager without Premier League experience, but Glasner had ne'er managed successful English shot earlier establishing himself arsenic a apical manager with the Eagles.

Palace are acceptable to regenerate 1 trophy-winning manager with another, and Sage volition anticipation that the nine tin support clasp of arsenic galore prima players arsenic possible, including the likes of Ismaila Sarr and Adam Wharton, arsenic they hole for beingness successful the Europa League adjacent season.