Oliver Glasner Drops 'Abandoned' Bombshell After Crystal Palace Defeat

Oliver Glasner did not hold back in a brutally honest post-match interview following Crystal Palace's 2-1 loss against Sunderland.

Palace led 1-0 through Yeremy Pino at the Stadium of Light but goals from and Enzo Le Fee and Brian Bobbey compiled the Eagles to a defeat just a day on from Glasner announcing he would be leaving the club in the summer.

The Austrian led Palace to their first ever major trophy in May when they beat Manchester City at Wembley to win the FA Cup, before defeating Liverpool in the Community Shield on penalties.

Linked with a number of huge jobs, Glasner will move on to pastures new at the end of the current campaign - though his exit could potentially come sooner after his strong comments on Saturday.

The former Eintracht Frankfurt man expressed his frustrations over the departures of Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi and specifically the circumstances - with both sales agreed a day before a Palace game.

Captain Guehi looked set to join Liverpool on the final day of the summer window before the deal collapsed at the death. Some reports claimed Glasner had threatened to leave if Guehi was sold.

However, the England international is set to leave in January - heading to City in a £20 million deal just months before his Palace contract expires.

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"I feel we are being abandoned completely," Glasner told the BBC.

"I can't blame any player, they did everything they could. We have 12, 13 players from the squad available.

"The worst thing is selling our captain one day before playing a Premier League game. I have no understanding for this."

He continued: "I have kept my mouth shut but I can't because I have to defend these players. It's pretty clear. I didn't sell these players. If you get your heart torn out twice this season, both times one day before a game. It happened with [Eberechi] Eze and now with [Marc] Guehi. What should I tell the players, all the time?"

Despite being extremely unhappy with the situation, Glasner was adamant that he would not walk out on his team in such a sticky patch.

"No, never, I would never," he stated.

"I will go with this group of players until the end.

"I have so much respect for their character. I see they're disappointed and I know how hard they are working, I see how hard they are fighting at the end. Never, no chance.

"We are being abandoned" 😳

Oliver Glasner says he feels 'no support' after Crystal Palace's 2-1 defeat against Sunderland. pic.twitter.com/ZolXLhgEfH

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Glasner in frame for new job

Glasner, who won the Europa League with Frankfurt has plenty of admirers across European football. And already, the 51-year-old has been installed as the favourite to be the next manager of Spurs.

The North London outfit only appointed Thomas Frank in the summer but the Dane has had a dire start to life at Spurs and the latest home loss to West Ham has left them in 14th place in the table.

With talkSPORT BET, Glasner is 2/1 to take over Spurs for his next role, with former boss Mauricio Pochettino and recently sacked Xabi Alonso in joint-second with odds of 4/1.

Spurs' next manager odds:

Oliver Glasner 2/1

Mauricio Pochettino 4/1

Xabi Alonso 4/1

Marco Silva 6/1

Enzo Maresca 8/1

Ruben Amorim 10/1

Jurgen Klopp 12/1

Robert De Zerbi 12/1

Xavi Hernandez 14/1

Robbie Keane 14/1

13th in the table, Glasner's Palace return to action on Sunday when they take on Chelsea at Selhurst Park.