Oliver Glasner, Crystal Palace’s probable new manager, is expected to be joined by another appointment, given the team’s recent off-field activity.
A manager update for Crystal Palace
Selhurst Park has seen a lot of action this month, starting with confrontations between Eagles supporters and players after the team’s crushing loss to Brighton & Hove Albion at the beginning of the month. After that came another defeat, this time at home against Chelsea, and Steve Parish and Dougie Freedman were prepared to take over in the dugout. Before his pre-match press conference for the match against Everton last week, Roy Hodgson was supposed to be fired. Fortunately, Hodgson is now well, but it appears that Glasner will take his place when he leaves.
According to reports, he and Palace have reached an agreement on a deal that will last until 2026. On Saturday, Glasner was spotted at Tottenham’s game against Wolves, which will be his first game in charge.
Although pulling Palace out of the bottom three will be the Austrian’s first priority, there have been other off-field additions in addition to the 49-year-old.
Crystal Palace names a QPR player as well.
The Daily Mail’s dependable reporter Sami Mokbel reports that the Eagles have named Queens Park Rangers’ Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad as their new head of sports medicine. Following their 1-0 victory over Bristol City over the weekend, he wrote his farewells to the R’s on social media and has since announced that he is now the “head of sports medicine at Crystal Palace”.
Ahmad was hired by Palace after a thorough search for a new head of sports medicine. Dr. Zaf Iqbal, who is leaving Palace before the upcoming season, was replaced by Ahmad. The Eagles, who presently have seven players out due to injury, including key players Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze, will put Ahmad to work right away.
In addition to the offensive pair, Rob Holding underwent surgery at the end of January for an ankle problem, and Cheick Doucoure is sidelined due to a chronic Achilles injury. Ahmad may have his hands full after parting ways with QPR after seven years. Marc Guehi, Will Hughes, and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi are also out but may return soon.
