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LONDON, November 12, 2026 – Crystal Palace have confirmed that Pierre Sage has left his post as manager, bringing a five-month tenure to an end with the club bottom of the Premier League. Three members of his coaching staff have also departed.
In a statement published on Thursday, the club said: “Crystal Palace Football Club can confirm that Pierre Sage has left his role as Manager.” It named Jamal Alioui, Damien Della Santa and Sandy Guichard as the coaches who have also left, and placed on record its thanks to Sage and his staff “for their efforts during their time in South London”. An update on the appointment of a new manager, the club added, would be provided in due course.
The announcement came on the same day that Manchester United confirmed the departure of Michael Carrick, a development already reported by Life News Agency. Palace’s statement did not mention United, and the two decisions should be read as separate club matters. Sage, 47, had signed a three-year contract in June after replacing Oliver Glasner, who left at the end of last season having led Palace to the Conference League title.
British and international reports, including the BBC and Reuters, put the decision in the context of a grim start to the campaign. Palace have won two of their opening 10 Premier League matches and have seven points, sitting last in the table after a complete round of fixtures for the first time since 2017, according to ESPN. The BBC and Reuters said Sunday’s 3-1 home defeat by Liverpool was a fourth consecutive league loss. The BBC said the team also has the worst defensive record in the division, having conceded 24 goals, and is 21st in the 36-team Europa League table, with one win from four matches.
The same reports said Sage won five of 16 games in all competitions. Reuters reported that a heavy 5-0 defeat by Brighton and Hove Albion was among the results that preceded the Liverpool loss. Those figures come from secondary coverage, not from the club’s own statement, and are attributed accordingly. Palace themselves offered no commentary on the table, the defensive record or the reasons for the change.
Attention has already turned to a successor. The BBC said former Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank is in advanced talks to take over. Other British outlets have described him as the leading candidate and have also mentioned Vítor Pereira among those interviewed. None of that is confirmed by the club, which has said only that an update will follow. This report treats the Frank talks as unverified until Palace speak.
Sage had arrived in the summer as a coach with recent experience at Lens and Lyon, and was handed a three-year deal that has now been cut short well before its end. For the moment, the only firm news is the official one: he and three of his staff have left Selhurst Park, the team is bottom of the Premier League, and the search for a new manager is under way, with no name yet on the office door.
Source : Crystal Palace, official statement. Additional context from BBC Sport and ESPN.
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