Crystal Palace Set to Sack Pierre Sage With Club Bottom of the Premier League – Thomas Frank in Frame

10th November 2026

Updated 10 Nov 2026, 10:57 · First published 10 Nov 2026

Crystal Palace are expected to sack Pierre Sage after less than five months in charge, with the club bottom of the Premier League. Former Brentford and Tottenham boss Thomas Frank is the frontrunner to replace him.

Palace have not officially confirmed a change yet, but the decision is expected during the international break after Sunday’s 3-1 home defeat by Liverpool left them 20th.

Crystal Palace’s crisis in numbers

League position20th (bottom)

Points7 from 10 games

RecordW2 D1 L7

Goals conceded24 – the most in the league

Last resultCrystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool

FrontrunnerThomas Frank

Also linkedSean Dyche, Vítor Pereira

Why is Pierre Sage set to lose his job?

Sage replaced Oliver Glasner in the summer and had some bright moments, taking Palace into the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, where they face Sunderland, and earning the club’s first ever Europa League win. But league form has been poor: just two wins in ten games and four straight defeats.

The defence has been the biggest problem. Palace lost Marc Guéhi to Manchester City in January and Maxence Lacroix to Chelsea in the summer, and the loan replacements from Chelsea, Axel Disasi and Honest Ahanor, have struggled to fill the gap. Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaïla Sarr have barely featured, with Sarr nursing a groin problem and Mateta sent off against Tottenham on 31 October.

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It is the first time Palace have been bottom after a round of matches since December 2017.

Sage after the Liverpool defeat

“Better than you, I think.”

Pierre Sage, asked whether he would still be in charge after the international break

“I know how important it is to stay in the Premier League.”

Pierre Sage

Who could replace Pierre Sage?

Candidate	Background
Thomas Frank	Out of work since leaving Spurs in February; took Brentford into the Premier League and kept them there
Sean Dyche	Former Burnley and Everton manager
Vítor Pereira	Former Wolves head coach