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Dino Toppmöller to Crystal Palace: Managerial Search Takes Intriguing TurnCrystal Palace’s search for Oliver Glasner’s successor has taken an intriguing direction, with Sky Sports reporting that ...
When Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish first met Oliver Glasner in late 2023, he had no idea it would be a meeting that would change the course of the club's history. It was then sporting director, Dougie Freedman, who had set up the get-together in south London. Freedman had tracked Glasner's career trajectory in the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt and was impressed with what he saw.
After the FA Cup last season and the Community Shield last summer, Oliver Glasner has now led Crystal Palace to their first-ever European trophy. The Eagles beat Rayo Vallecano in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday, and Glasner, to will now leave the club in search of a fresh challenge, found an amusing way […] The post Departing Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner does the ” belly slide” in celebration of Conference League triumph (Video) appeared first on Soccer News.
For Crystal Palace, all eyes are now Andoni Iraola. As BBC Sport revealed earlier this month, Iraola is the man Palace want to replace the outgoing Oliver Glasner, who insisted after the triumph in Germany that he has no plans to reverse his decision. Iraola has emerged as one of the brightest managers in European football; Bournemouth's qualification for next season's Europa League illustrative of his impressive body of work.
It has been a turbulent campaign, but Oliver Glasner bows out in style and will go down as one of Crystal Palace's greatest managers. Glasner and Palace's glory this term comes despite the loss of two key players - with Eberechi Eze sold to Arsenal last summer and Marc Guehi joining City in January. The Austrian manager has undoubtedly helped Jean-Philippe Mateta take his game to another level - he had scored 11 goals in 80 games for Palace before Glasner's arrival in February 2024, but has netted 46 times in 110 matches under him.
Outgoing coach hails ‘fantastic spirit’ of fans and playersAustrian insists he has no regrets about departureOliver Glasner paid tribute to Crystal Palace’s players as he signed off as manager by winning the Conference League and insisted he has no regrets about his decision to depart despite making history in south London.Jean-Philippe Mateta’s goal in the second half means Glasner has now won three trophies in the space of 12 months after last year’s triumphs in the FA Cup and Community Shield. There were wild celebrations in Leipzig as the Austrian performed a full length slide on the pitch, while thousands of supporters who were watching the game on a big screen at Selhurst Park invaded the pitch. Continue reading...
