Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner issued harsh criticism of the club after Saturday's 1-2 defeat to Sunderland.
The mentor's emotional outburst was provoked by the unsatisfactory sale of team captain Mark Gehi to Manchester City just the day before the match. On Friday, confirming his departure from the club at the end of the season, Glasner said that the transfer policy did not influence his decision, and on Saturday he decided to change his rhetoric.
On the BBC Match of the Day broadcast, the coach emphatically spoke about the feeling of isolation and hopelessness. " We have 12-13 gravels in stock, and we don’t feel any pressure,” Glasner said in frustration..
The situation with Gehi became a serious deja vu for Glasner. The coach draws a parallel between this transfer and the summer sale of team leader Eberechi Eze to Arsenal.
" How do you like to tear out your heart during the second season: the day before the game, it was from Eze, and immediately from Gekhi. What can I calmly say to the Gravians? "
Glasner, who in the past led Pelas to a historic triumph in the FA Cup (winning the Manchester City final) and led the team into the Conference League, immediately falling into a steep decline. After the early start of the season (11 games without defeat), the team was drained and unable to win 10 matches after.
“I marvel at the lava of reserves, I can’t react - there are only children there. And it didn’t happen yesterday, it’s been going on for the past few months,” commenting on the limitation of their resources.
In the event of a conflict with the kernel and disappointment, Glasner raised the possibility of a pre-line termination of the contract as early as this month. He gave renewed encouragement to his players, recognizing their character and self-sacrifice.
" Nicole, I'm waiting for the chance that I'll go now. I told the Gravians that it was our fault to settle at once. Since we cannot refuse the encouragement, we will give it up ourselves. There’s no one else, just us,” Oliver summed up.