Overview
- Crystal Palace remain without a confirmed successor to Oliver Glasner and have accelerated their managerial search after recent market shifts.
- Reports say Andoni Iraola is now the frontrunner to replace Arne Slot at Liverpool, a development that has reduced Palace’s chance of securing him.
- Bookmakers responded to the Iraola news by shortening Frank Lampard’s odds to become Palace manager, making him the new odds-on favourite.
- Palace are exploring other realistic targets, with Lens coach Pierre Sage now linked strongly after guiding Lens to the Coupe de France and a second-place Ligue 1 finish.
- No appointment is confirmed and some reports say Palace never reached the stage of offering Iraola a contract, so the club must now weigh Lampard’s availability and the challenge of persuading high-profile foreign candidates to leave their current projects.