Pierre Sage Dismissed as Crystal Palace Manager After 16 Games

Crystal Palace has parted ways with manager Pierre Sage following four consecutive defeats that left the club at the bottom of the Premier League.

Pierre Sage is no longer Crystal Palace’s manager. The 47-year-old was appointed on a three-year deal in June, having led Lens to a second-place finish in France’s Ligue 1 last term. Crystal Palace have sacked manager Pierre Sage after just 16 matches.

Hiring and firing Sage cost more than £10m for 16 games He goes with club bottom and could return to Lens Pierre Sage has been sacked as Crystal Palace’s manager after 16 games, with Thomas Frank in advanced talks to succeed him. Crystal Palace have sacked manager Pierre Sage after 16 games in charge and the club bottom of the table.

Yahoo Sports reported the story as "Why did Pierre Sage resign from Crystal Palace without being 'officially' sacked?." The Independent reported the story as "Crystal Palace axe Pierre Sage after just 16 games as clear frontrunner to replace him emerges."

6 sources have covered this story, including The Independent, Yahoo Sports, The Athletic and Sky Sports and 2 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 9 hours ago.

Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 16, 10); the published One News summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.