Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner is in talks to go away Selhurst Park.
That is in line with a report from Germany, with the previous Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt boss nonetheless extremely regarded within the Bundesliga.
After a tricky begin to the season by which Crystal Palace misplaced Michael Olise and did not win of their first eight fixtures, Glasner corrected the droop and has discovered kind within the second half of the season.
Crystal Palace might lose Oliver Glasner to Bundesliga giants
Palace struggled at the beginning of the season after dropping Michael Olise to Bayern Munich (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Ranked at no.47 in FourFourTwo’s record of the most effective managers on the earth proper now , Glasner’s inventory has risen with the South Londoners having misplaced simply thrice since November and trying to a Wembley semi-final within the FA Cup.
The Austrian selected to not communicate Bayern Munich final yr, as per Sky Sports activities , when the Bavarians had been trying to find a brand new supervisor – with Vincent Kompany finally making the transfer to the Allianz Enviornment.
Glasner was up for the Bayern job – which was finally stuffed by Kompany (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
In response to Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg , nonetheless, Glasner’s representatives are participating with RB Leipzig over the 50-year-old turning into their subsequent supervisor.
Die Roten Bullen not too long ago parted firm with Marco Rose, because the battle for the Champions League spots within the Bundesliga heats up. Leipzig are three factors off the massively spectacular Mainz in fourth – however have received simply as soon as of their final 5 fixtures.
“Glasner stays a candidate for the RB Leipzig head coach place subsequent season as not too long ago revealed,” Plettenberg reported in a put up on X (previously Twitter) . “There has already been contact with Glasner’s administration.
“If Glasner needs to affix RB, a switch payment might be required, as his contract runs till 2026. Nonetheless, there’s mentioned to be an exit choice. Leipzig [director] Marcel Schafer is aware of Glasner effectively from their time collectively at Wolfsburg.”
Marco Rose was relieved of duties at Leipzig (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
FourFourTwo understands that the payment required to prise Glasner away from Palace was sufficient to place Bayern off transferring for him.
This can be the case for Leipzig, though that payment has now been halved, with Glasner’s deal operating till 2026.
Glasner could possibly be an intriguing prospect in Saxony, both method. Whereas the Austrian is a proponent of the high-pressing fashion related to the Crimson Bull group, the 3-4-3 formation he is favoured within the Premier League is one thing that has solely been seen sporadically on the Crimson Bull Enviornment, beneath the likes of Julian Nagelsmann.
Palace tackle Southampton tonight when Premier League motion returns.
