'Sounding out' - Crystal Palace eye ex West Ham and Man Utd boss as potential Oliver Glasner replacement

Former West Ham and Everton manager David Moyes has been linked with a return to Premier League coaching duties as Crystal Palace continue to endure a rocky start to the 2024/25 campaign.

The Eagles were defeated by struggling Everton at Goodison Park last weekend despite taking a 10th-minute lead through Marc Guehi. Toffees winger Dwight McNeil bagged a brace in that match which saw Sean Dyche's side leapfrog Crystal Palace in the table.

Oliver Glasner's men sit 18th in the Premier League, on the edge of the relegation zone, without a single win to their name this season. Three draws and three defeats from the opening six outings of the campaign have piled pressure on the 50-year-old.

Crystal Palace finished last season as one of the division's in-form teams under new manager Glasner but have not looked the same side since the sales of Michael Olise, Jordan Ayew and Joachim Andersen this summer.

‘Not pleased’ - Oliver Glasner under pressure at Crystal Palace

Speaking after defeat to Everton, Glasner said: “Yes, we're not pleased having this start. I mentioned this before, but I think everybody forgot because of the last seven games at the end of the season, but we've been in the same situation seven rounds before the end of [last] season.

“So we don't want to be there, we're not happy to be there, we're not happy that we don't have a win, but we also can see the players investing a lot to score a goal, to play, to create situations, and even after [going 2-1 behind] we tried everything. The players played forward, but at the moment it's not going so easy.

“There are two different ways you can deal with the situation: blame the other ones, blame whoever, or - start with yourself changing something, and not bury your head in the sand. You roll your sleeves up and keep going, because mentality is great, character is great, we have to find [a way to] get the momentum back, and we will try it next week against Liverpool of course.”

With pressure growing on Glasner, there are some murmurs that Crystal Palace could look at a change in direction at this early point in the season to stop the club's precarious position in the table worsening. Hammers News report that one potential candidate is former Manchester United man David Moyes.

The Scotsman has been out of work since leaving West Ham this summer but has hinted that he would be open to working at the top level. A source reportedly told the outlet: "Palace are already sounding out experienced managers and Moyes is one very much in their thoughts if they do decide to get rid of Glasner."

Moyes, who has also been linked with a return to management at Everton in recent weeks, spent this summer providing punditry at Euro 2024, but hadn't ruled out a return to management.

David Moyes open to ‘right opportunity’

Speaking about his love for the Premier League and a potential return to management, the former Preston North End and Sunderland manager said: "If the right opportunity comes up and it suits me and the family, I might do. I'm really keen to make sure British managers get opportunities to manage in other countries. 

“If you look at the Premier League, we bring in all the best managers from different countries. We're not exporting enough British managers to work in the other leagues. But we're quite happy to bring in all the other managers here, which is limiting a lot of the British managers to manage some of the top jobs. The Championship was once full of young British coaches, but it's similar to the Premier League now. 

“I want to try and make sure we're pushing young British coaches to get jobs in overseas countries. It's easy to say we've got people working in Norway or Thailand, but in the top big five leagues in Europe we have very few working there."