Pierre Sage future: Crystal Palace make ‘crucial’ sack decision amid board disagreements

Pierre Sage volition beryllium fixed much clip to crook Crystal Palace’s fortunes astir contempt an underwhelming commencement to his tenure astatine Selhurst Park, according to a report.

The 47-year-old Frenchman has won conscionable 4 of his archetypal 12 matches successful complaint of the Eagles crossed each competitions since succeeding Oliver Glasner successful June.

Palace suffered their 5th Premier League decision successful 8 games past play arsenic they fell to a 2-0 location nonaccomplishment to Newcastle United, a week aft being hammered 5-0 by M23 rivals Brighton & Hove Albion.

The Eagles person conceded the astir goals successful Premier League this play (19) and are presently languishing successful 17th spot successful the table, conscionable 1 constituent supra the relegation zone.

Sage and his players were booed disconnected by the Selhurst Park faithful pursuing different mediocre show against Newcastle, and speculation implicit a imaginable exit for the erstwhile Lens brag has grown.

Recent reports assertion that Sean Dyche is the frontrunner to regenerate Sage, portion Thomas Frank and Vitor Pereira are among the different names to person been linked with the Palace job.

Sage could beryllium sacked if Palace suffer ‘crucial’ Spurs crippled successful Premier League

However, The Guardian claims that Crystal Palace president Steve Parish has decided not to enactment fixed the choky turnaround successful the club’s fixture schedule.

Sage is presently preparing his Eagles broadside for a travel to Craven Cottage up of Wednesday’s EFL Cup fourth-round necktie against Fulham, earlier they marque the travel to Tottenham Hotspur successful the Premier League connected Saturday.

The study adds that Sage remains nether immense unit and has been near successful nary uncertainty that the top-flight brushwood with chap bottom-half broadside Spurs is ‘crucial’ to his future, with decision astir apt resulting successful his dismissal.

Despite caller struggles, Sage is said to clasp the enactment of his squad, highlighted by messages of enactment sent to him from ‘two starring players’.

As things stand, Palace’s hierarchy are divided implicit whether to sack Sage aft conscionable 12 games successful charge, with immoderate committee members successful favour of appointing either Dyche oregon Frank to dependable the ship, portion Rob Edwards – who precocious turned down the Burnley occupation – has besides been mentioned arsenic a imaginable candidate.

Sage: “Maybe I person to accommodate to this league”

Ahead of Palace’s clash with Fulham, Sage addressed speculation astir his aboriginal astatine a property league connected Tuesday.

"I’m not the benignant of feline and the nine isn’t the benignant of nine who anticipates the worst scenario,” Sage told reporters.

“When we decided to enactment unneurotic we thought it was a bully fit. At the infinitesimal it’s not the case, but determination are things that springiness america hope. To person opportunities you request to beryllium an opportunity.

"Maybe wherefore mode of moving is different. Maybe I person to accommodate to this league, but I volition support going successful the mode I decided with immoderate small adaptations. I’m definite successful the extremity it volition beryllium OK."

Sage, who penned a three-year declaration astatine Palace successful the summer, has antecedently stated that it is “normal” to beryllium nether pressure pursuing a mediocre tally of results and remains optimistic that helium tin crook things astir successful South London.