Keith Wyness: Crystal Palace are ‘lining up’ Oliver Glasner replacement
Crystal Palace have begun their search for Oliver Glasner’s replacement after the Austrian confirmed he would leave the club.
That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who believes owner Steve Parish will now not care about what Glasner says.
Glasner said he felt “abandoned” after confirming he would leave Crystal Palace at the end of the season.
The news broke on the same day that Crystal Palace sold Marc Guehi to Man City, and Glasner has vented his frustrations at the club’s lack of transfer business.
Oliver Glasner ‘positioned himself to get sacked’
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes striker Jean-Philippe Mateta may also leave Crystal Palace.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks the club are already working on “replacements.”
He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “I think he’s had a blow out. I think, yes, I mean, we’re seeing this with managers now, sort of almost positioning themselves to get sacked or just, as I say, having a blow out.
“And I get it. Look, he’s losing, you know, two key players. Marc Guehi, we just discussed going to Man City and Mateta, I think, could well be on the way as well. So key players. And I think, you know, he said he feels abandoned.
“I think that’s pretty strong. But I also think Steve Parish is thinking, well, you know, you’re going to be going anyway at the end of the season and so really I don’t care what you have to say about these things, I’m going to do what I see is best for the club, and they’re already lining up replacements.”
Crystal Palace could turn to Tottenham boss
Crystal Palace could pursue Thomas Frank to become their next manager from the beginning of the 2026-27 season.
Frank is under huge pressure at Spurs, and he could be sacked by the north London club in his first season in charge.
The 52-year-old though enjoyed a successful seven-year spell at Brentford, stabilising the west London club as a Premier League outfit.