Roy Hodgson resigns as Crystal Palace manager after medical incident, Oliver Glasner appointed as replacement

Roy Hodgson has resigned as Crystal Palace manager and Oliver Glasner has been appointed as his replacement.

The 76-year-old man has already been discharged from the hospital after a medical incident at Eagles training camp on Thursday.

Palace were planning to sack Hodgson amid a dismal Premier League run and recently agreed a deal with Glasner, former boss of Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Austrian's appointment has now been confirmed in a deal that runs until the end of the 2025/26 season, however Hodgson's assistants Ray Lewington and Paddy McCarthy will lead the Eagles squad for their Premiership clash League against Everton on Monday night. live on talkSPORT.

Hodgson said: “This club is very special, it means a lot to me and has played a big part in my football life. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here for six seasons as it has given me the opportunity to work with top-level players and staff doing what I love every day.

“However, I understand that, given recent circumstances, it may be prudent at this time for the club to plan ahead and I have therefore made the decision to step aside so that the club can bring forward its plans for a new coach, as planned. For this summer.

“I would like to thank Steve Parish and his American partners for their support, along with my coaching staff and coaching team who have helped me a lot along the way. In particular, a huge thank you to my old friend and assistant, Ray Lewington; coaches Dean Kiely and Paddy McCarthy; in addition to the excellent sports science, video analysis and medical departments.

“My thanks and respect also to the current team of players with whom it has been a pleasure to work; They are a credit to the club and to themselves. I am sure that our fans will continue to give their full support to the team for the rest of this season and beyond.

“I am confident that the season will end well and I wish the team every success in the coming weeks, months and seasons.”

Hodgson managed Palace in two separate spells, taking charge of his boyhood club 200 times in six seasons.

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He returned in March 2023 following the decision to relieve Patrick Vieira of his duties. The former England manager managed to steer Palace away from the relegation battle.

Palace chairman Steve Parish said: “Roy has a special place in the history of Crystal Palace and this will never be forgotten.

“After four years in which he led the club to maintain Premier League status season after season, he joined us again almost a year ago to steady the ship and it worked wonders. That he then agreed to continue in the summer says a lot about his commitment to our club. Quite simply, we owe our Premier League status to Roy.

“I would like to say a huge thank you to Roy for his service and wish him the best for the future; It's fair to say that Roy has the keys to Selhurst Park and he will always be welcome.

“On a personal note I would also like to thank Roy for his support, his professionalism and his friendship. “He has been the manager for half the time we have been in the Premier League, I have enjoyed working with him and learning immensely from him.”

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Hodgson took up his first managerial position in 1976, where he was in charge of Swedish club Halmstad.

He made a name for himself as a coach by leading the Swiss national team, leading it to third place in the FIFA world rankings during his tenure as prime minister.

That earned him a move to Italian giants Inter Milan, where he spent two years before moving to the Premier League with Blackburn.

After a failed spell at Ewood Park, a second spell as Inter manager followed, but as interim manager.

He was away from England for eight years before landing the Fulham job in 2007, leading them to Premier League safety in the 2007/08 season before leading them to the Europa League final in 2010.

Hodgson then joined Liverpool in the summer of 2010 but lasted just six months at Anfield, where he rebuilt his career at West Brom.

The most important position of his career followed, when he was appointed England manager just before the start of Euro 2012, where England lost in the quarter-finals to Italy.

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England successfully qualified for the remaining two tournaments he was in charge, but his tenure came to a sudden end when the Three Lions were eliminated from Euro 2016 with a shock defeat to Iceland.

Just over a year after resigning as England manager, he was given the job at Palace and did a good job of stabilizing them in the Premier League during his four-year tenure.

He then left at the end of the 2020/21 season before returning towards the end of last season.

But a change was made at Selhurst Park with Palace in 16th place, five points above the relegation zone.

At 49 years old, Glasner is in the early years of his managerial career, which began in 2014.

After spells with SV Ried and LASK in his homeland, Glasner left for Germany to become coach of Wolfsburg in 2019.

He spent two years there before becoming manager of Eintracht Frankfurt, where he won the Europa League in his first season, beating Rangers in the final.

Glasner left Frankfurt at the end of last season, in which they reached the last 16 of the Champions League, as well as reaching the final of the DFB-Pokal and qualifying for this season's Europa Conference League.