LONDON: Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner said on Saturday his players are being “abandoned completely” by the club’s board after the Eagles’ winless run stretched to 10 games with a 2-1 defeat at Sunderland.
Glasner, who revealed on Friday he will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season, had to cope without captain Marc Guehi with the center-back set to join Manchester City.
Palace also cashed in to sell Eberechi Eze to Arsenal in August and could reportedly lose star striker Jean-Philippe Mateta to Juventus before the end of the January transfer window.
Glasner led Palace to their first major trophy by winning the FA Cup last season.
However, their defense of the competition ended in embarrassing circumstances with defeat to sixth-tier Macclesfield last weekend.
Glasner’s side have looked exhausted in recent weeks after already playing 34 times this season in four competitions.
The Austrian defended his players for their poor run as he put the blame on his superiors for not arming him with a stronger squad.
“I feel we are being abandoned completely,” he told the BBC after the Sunderland defeat.
“I can’t blame any player. They did everything they could and this has been going on for weeks and months now.
“We have 12 or 13 players from the squad available and we feel no support.
“The worst thing is selling our captain one day before playing a Premier League game.
“We are preparing, it’s the first (full) week we are training since September, and then we are selling our captain one day before a game. So I have no understanding of this.”
Glasner, 51, has been linked with taking over at Manchester United and Tottenham next season.
Glasner feels ‘abandoned’ by Palace hierarchy
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Glasner feels ‘abandoned’ by Palace hierarchy
- The Austrian defended his players for their poor run as he put the blame on his superiors
- “I feel we are being abandoned completely,” he told the BBC
Australia rest Cummins, Hazlewood, Maxwell for Pakistan T20 series
- Josh Hazlewood, Tim David and Nathan Ellis will also skip the series starting later this month
- Australia will play Pakistan in Lahore on Jan. 29, 31 and Feb. 1, before traveling to Sri Lanka
MELBOURNE: Australia will rest five top players, including Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell, for a three-match Twenty20 series in Pakistan ahead of the World Cup, selectors said Monday.
Josh Hazlewood, Tim David and Nathan Ellis will also skip the series starting later this month.
Their absence opened the door to fringe players Sean Abbott, Mahli Beardman, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mitch Owen, Josh Phillippe and Matt Renshaw, who come into the 17-man squad.
Chief selector George Bailey said the five were either returning from injury or having their loads managed ahead of the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka which begin on February 7.
“The series is a great opportunity for those on the brink of selection and some young players we rate highly for valuable experience,” he added.
“Some are already experienced international players, along with Mahli Beardman who has been with the group a number of times, and Jack Edwards who joined for the last one-day match against India in Sydney last year.”
Australia will play Pakistan in Lahore on January 29, 31 and February 1, before traveling to Sri Lanka where they are scheduled to open their World Cup campaign against Ireland in Colombo on February 11.
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (capt), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitch Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
