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Crystal Palace may sack Pierre Sage, with Thomas Frank a leading candidate
Crystal Palace are considering sacking manager Pierre Sage after a poor start to the Premier League season.
The club is at the bottom of the table after losing 3-1 to Liverpool, its seventh league defeat in ten matches.
Thomas Frank is a leading candidate to take over if Palace make a change, while several other managers are also being considered.
Frank previously led Brentford into the Premier League and later managed Tottenham, which sacked him after less than eight months.
Sage, who joined Palace in the summer, says the team has not received the results its performances deserved and wants the club to be patient.
He has also said the squad needs strengthening during the winter transfer window.
Palace have not made a decision, and the club’s next step has not been confirmed.
Crystal Palace are considering sacking manager Pierre Sage after the club fell to the bottom of the Premier League.
Thomas Frank is reported as a leading candidate to replace him if the club makes a change.
Palace have won two of their 10 league matches, and their 3-1 loss to Liverpool was their seventh league defeat.
No decision had been taken by the club, according to Sky Sports.
Sage said Palace needed to remain patient and that the squad needed strengthening during the winter transfer window.
- Who
- Crystal Palace manager Pierre Sage may lose his job, with Thomas Frank among the leading candidates to replace him.
- What
- Palace are considering a managerial change after a poor league run.
- When
- After Palace’s 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday, 8 November 2026.
- Where
- Crystal Palace, in the Premier League.
- Why
- Palace fell to the bottom of the league. Sage said the team had been unlucky, while the club had yet to announce a decision.
Crystal Palace hierarchy considering a change
Pierre Sage
Managerial change
Crystal Palace hierarchy considering a change
Sage is likely to lose his position after Palace’s seventh league defeat, according to Sky Sports.
Pierre Sage
Sage said the team had deserved better results and asked the hierarchy to remain patient.
Team needs
Crystal Palace hierarchy considering a change
Palace may seek a new manager after dropping to the bottom of the league.
Pierre Sage
Sage said the squad needed strengthening in some positions during the winter transfer window.
Pierre Sage left RC Lens to take over at Crystal Palace, succeeding Oliver Glasner.
Palace lost 3-1 to Liverpool and fell to the bottom of the Premier League.
Sky Sports reported that no decision had been taken on Sage’s future, but that he was likely to lose his position.
- League position
- Bottom of the Premier League
- League record
- Two wins in 10 matches, according to the Daily Mail
- Latest result
- 3-1 defeat to Liverpool
- Leading replacement candidate
- Thomas Frank
- Other candidates named by Sky Sports
- Frank Lampard, Sean Dyche, Vitor Pereira, Kim Hellberg, Vitor Matos and Tony Popovic
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What people are saying
My job is not the most important thing, as I always said from the beginning. The most important thing is to find an efficient solution for the team and for the club.
We haven't had our rewards
I think the decision will be made, unfortunately for Pierre Sage. I think Palace will have a new manager the next time they play in the Premier League