Palace consider replacing Sage with Frank among contenders

Sunday’s 3-1 defeat by Liverpool was Palace’s 4th succeeding league loss, with Sage’s side having actually won simply 2 of their 10 league matches this season.

The club have actually held internal talks targeted at choosing Sage’s future and his prospective follower.

Previous Tottenham and Brentford supervisor Thomas Frank is considered as a strong prospect, while ex-Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche likewise has some assistance internally.

Both run out work and would be readily available to begin instantly.

Palace have actually taken simply 7 points from their 10 league matches and have the worst protective record in the league, having actually yielded 24 objectives.

They are likewise 21st in the Europa League, presently enough for a play-off area, with just one win from their 4 matches.

If he is dismissed, Frenchman Sage might end up being the very first supervisory casualty of the Premier League season.

He was designated on a three-year agreement in June after Oliver Glasner left at the end of last season.

“It’s not from the dream to the nightmare,” the 47-year-old stated after the defeat by Liverpool.

“I’m not feeling this. I’m just in my job, and focusing on my job, and what I have to do to find the solution.

“The outcomes are not at this level, and I understand I need to press more on those things, specifically in our method of playing, to make that relocation.”

Sage previously led Lens to a second-place finish in Ligue 1 and a first French Cup triumph in their 120-year history.

However, he has been unable to replicate Glasner’s success at Palace. Glasner, who now manages Nottingham Forest, led Palace to a first FA Cup title and a Europa Conference League triumph.

Palace are winless in the league since 11 October, with their losing run sparked by a 5-0 loss to fierce rivals Brighton.

After that match, Sage said he felt “embarassment” and admitted he did not know if he would be given time to turn Palace’s fortunes around.

However, there was a degree of sympathy from some behind the scenes.

Injuries were not kind to his plans, while the absence of Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr – due to a mixture of fitness and personal issues, related to both players’ desire to leave the club – did not help the start of his reign.

However, three more league defeats have followed, with Palace hitting the bar and having a goal ruled out in their loss to Liverpool at Selhurst Park.

“We need to be more competitive,” Sage said on Sunday.

“At the minute, we produce some things, we anticipate a great deal of things, however we do not have actually the outcomes anticipated.”

Palace’s next Premier League match is at Coventry on 21 November following the two-week global break.