The Austrian’s signing to become the Palace manager through the end of the 2025–2026 season was first confirmed earlier on Monday.
Most recently, during his first season in command, Glasner led Eintracht Frankfurt to unprecedented success, won the UEFA Europa League in 2021–2022. Additionally, he has had periods of great success as manager of SV Ried, LASK, and VfL Wolfsburg.
Prior to his initial training session with his team, the 49-year-old traveled to south London to inspect Crystal Palace’s Copers Cope facilities and their renowned Selhurst Park stadium.
The best images from his first day are displayed in our gallery below. Look out for his debut club interview, which will air on Palace TV shortly! Roy Hodgson decided to resign from his position yesterday after a trying few months, and Glasner was officially named as Crystal Palace’s new manager.
The Austrian’s backroom staff has not yet been revealed by Crystal Palace, who acknowledged the appointment but did not attend Monday’s draw with Everton from the stands at Goodison Park.
However, Linden reports that Michael Angerschmid and Ronald Brunmayr, Glasner’s assistants, athletic trainer Michael Berktold, and England expert Emanuel Pogatetz will be joining him.
Pogatetz was already known and mentioned last week. He appears to be a target after stints at West Ham and Middlesbrough throughout his career. The remaining players have not yet been named, but according to Linden, they have been in London with Glasner since Thursday of last week. They even attended the Saturday match between Tottenham and Wolves, which is Crystal Palace’s next away game against Ange Postecoglou’s team.
