Key Highlights
- Glasner clears air after Palace ‘thunderstorm’Oliver Glasner has revealed he had a “long dinner” with the Crystal Palace chair, Steve Parish, this week to resolve their differences and has insisted he is “100% committed” to seeing out his contract until the end of the season. Glasner accused Parish and the Palace board of abandoning him and his squad after telling them the captain, Marc Guéhi, would be sold to Manchester City the day before they were due to face Sunderland.
- A 2-1 defeat at the Stadium of Light made it 10 games without a victory under the Austrian, who had confirmed before the game that he would be leaving in the summer. Then and now: what has changed since the opening Premier League games?Read moreParish decided against sacking Glasner over his outburst and the 51-year-old is hoping the return of Ismaïla Sarr from the Africa Cup of Nations and Daniel Muñoz from injury can help to lift spirits after a difficult fortnight.
- “I was quite emotional after the game and I think it shows how much the players, how much Crystal Palace means to me,” Glasner said.“I agreed one year ago in February to sell Marc.
- It’s all about timing and replacement.
- That was the whole situation.
