{"id":15901,"date":"2026-11-12T13:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/crystal-palace-sack-manager-sage-after-dismal-premier-league-start\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:30:56","slug":"crystal-palace-sack-manager-sage-after-dismal-premier-league-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/crystal-palace-sack-manager-sage-after-dismal-premier-league-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace Sack Manager Sage After Dismal Premier League Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling Premier League club Crystal Palace have sacked manager Pierre Sage after just 16 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Sage, appointed in June on a three-year contract to replace Oliver Glasner, leaves with Palace bottom of the Premier League table after winning just two of his 10 league matches in charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrystal Palace Football Club can confirm that Pierre Sage has left his role as Manager,\u201d Palace said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club would like to place on record its thanks to Pierre and his staff for their efforts during their time in South London, and wish them well for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Sky Sports, Palace are working on a deal to bring in Thomas Frank as his replacement. The Dane has been out of work since he was sacked as Tottenham boss in February.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/sage-mateta-wont-leave-crystal-palace-despite-ongoing-dispute\/\">Sage: Mateta Won\u2019t Leave Crystal Palace Despite Ongoing Dispute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Palace, who lost Sage\u2019s final match 3-1 at home to Liverpool on Sunday, have the worst defensive record of any side in the Premier League this season, having conceded 24 goals in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Sage\u2019s predecessor Glasner had presided over the most successful period in Palace\u2019s history, winning the FA Cup, UEFA Conference League and Community Shield.<\/p>\n<p>However, key players from that era of success left with him in the summer \u2013 including Maxence Lacroix and Daniel Munoz \u2013 and yet the Eagles were the lowest spenders across the Premier League in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling Premier League club Crystal Palace have sacked manager Pierre Sage after just 16 matches. Sage, appointed in June on a three-year contract to replace Oliver Glasner, leaves with Palace&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}