Who is Oliver Glasner? From marketing executive to Europa League winner as 'pointy' Crystal Palace coach who fell out with club boss

Crystal Palace might be stepping out of their comfort zone by sacking Roy Hodgson, but this time they may have found a replacement.

talkSPORT understands that The palace will call time on the 76-year-old due to a dismal run of form that left the Eagles sliding into a relegation fight.

That was largely the case in March 2023, when the south London team brought back Hodgson as their Patrick Vieira The experiment began to fall apart.

Vieira arrived with promise, but Palace's next manager brings much more than that.

Oliver Glasner, who chairman Steve Parish believes he can get, has even more prestige than Hodgson.

A Europa League winner with Eintracht Frankfurt In 2022, the Austrian is one of the most respected brains in German football since he stood out with Wolfsburg from 2019 to 2021.

His European success saw him twice take unwanted teams to the Champions League, and a move to Selhurst Park would be something of a coup.

Kevin Hatchard, talkSPORT's European football expert and Bundesliga commentator, explained further: “Glasner is great, I'm a big fan, but the interesting thing is he's quite pointed.

“He was previously at Wolfsburg and got them into the Champions League, then he had a fight with the general manager. Jörg Schmadtke (now in Liverpool) and moved to Frankfurt, where he won the Europa League in a brilliant campaign.

“He plays very interesting football, very intense without the ball and quite exciting at times with the ball.

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“The fans tend to love him and really appreciate him because he's passionate, he wants to do well and he's demanding of the players and those above him, it tends to be those demands that he puts on those above him. the ones that bother people.” wrong path and cause problems.”

Glasner's association with Frankfurt ended prematurely, with defender Martin Hinteregger explaining how big the loss was.

“Normally, after so much success, you would be a coach for life,” he said. “It will definitely be difficult to find someone better than Oliver.”

No wonder his players were so willing to support him, as the Austrian defended them to the hilt.

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In May, Glasner went viral outside Germany when a 3-1 defeat to Hoffenheim saw his reign end on a low point.

The 49-year-old angered a journalist who questioned his players' commitment, angrily telling him to “stop the rubbish” in intense scenes.

It is not surprising that he feels so much empathy for what his players go through, since he himself had to end his career early.

Hatchard explained: “The really interesting thing about him is that his playing career ended due to a brain hemorrhage problem and he was basically told 'if you keep playing you're going to have a serious problem.'

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“So he stopped playing and went into Salzburg's marketing department until his coach, Roger Schmidt (now at Benfica) told him 'you should train, come and work with me.'

“He went to work with him and learned the whole pressing style of Red Bull and here he is, a very respected coach.”

Glasner is so respected that he is regularly linked to coaching. Borussia Dortmund next season, but if the riches of the Premier League prove decisive, Palace could soon be on the upswing.