Next Crystal Palace manager odds: Frank favourite to replace Sage

It looks like Pierre Sage’s tenure at Crystal Palace is over after they lost 3-1 to Liverpool on the weekend. Reports suggest that the manager will be sacked this week, and this has seen many of the UK’s best betting sites pricing up his eventual replacement.

Next Crystal Palace manager betting odds

The race to become Crystal Palace’s next manager now has a clear frontrunner, with Thomas Frank the hot favourite at 1/3. Tony Popovic, Sean Dyche and Jens Berthel Askou are also in the running.

Next Crystal Palace Manager	Next Crystal Palace Manager Odds	Implied Probability
Thomas Frank	1/3	75%
Tony Popovic	7/2	22%
Jens Berthel Askou	6/1	14%
Sean Dyche	8/1	11%
Vitor Pereira	12/1	8%
Scott Parker	14/1	7%
Ole Werner	14/1	7%
Anthony Barry	22/1	4.3%
Vitor Matos	25/1	3.8%

Who are the favourites to be the next Crystal Palace manager?

Thomas Frank

Thomas Frank is now the favourite to become Crystal Palace’s new manager if Pierre Sage is sacked. His links to The Eagles are unsurprising, with reports suggesting he was among the names the club considered in the summer as it looked for an Oliver Glasner replacement.

Frank did a remarkable job at Brentford, getting them promoted to the Premier League and turning them into a stable mid-table Premier League side. However, his last job at Spurs was a failure, with Frank sacked by the North London club after just eight months in charge.

Tony Popovic

Tony Popovic, a former Crystal Palace captain who played more than 120 matches for the club, began his coaching career as an assistant at Sydney FC before returning to Palace as first-team coach and then becoming the first manager of Western Sydney Wanderers, whom he led to the AFC Champions League title in 2014.

He later coached clubs in Turkey and Greece and left Melbourne Victory before being appointed Australia’s head coach in 2024, guiding the Socceroos to the 2026 World Cup, where his future beyond the tournament has been the subject of speculation, including a reported mention of him as a possible Palace candidate. His odds have shortened as the day has gone on.

Jens Berthel Askou

Jens Berthel Askou is a more left-field name. The Dane took over at Toulouse in the summer after impressing at Motherwell. He is well regarded for developing young players, having also managed IFK Göteborg and Vendsyssel. However, he has no Premier League experience, and his early Toulouse results have been mixed. Appointing him would therefore seem a considerable gamble.

Sean Dyche

Sean Dyche was leading the betting to become Crystal Palace’s new manager last week, and with Palace conceding freely and looking nervously at the bottom three, the links make sense. Dyche has long been one of the Premier League’s most reliable managers when survival is the aim, leading Burnley to promotion and a European place and keeping Everton up against the odds.

His Forest spell ended in a sacking last season, though he was averaging over a point a game. Even so, a move for him would show Palace have struggled to rebuild since Glasner’s exit, despite having months of warning that he was leaving.

Vitor Pereira

Vitor Pereira has had a well-travelled managerial career, winning silverware at Porto, Shanghai SIPG and Olympiacos before taking charge of Wolves in December 2024 and keeping them in the Premier League. He was sacked by Wolves in November 2025 with the club bottom of the table, but he was back in the top flight by February at Nottingham Forest, where he guided the club to survival and the Europa League semi-finals before Forest used a break clause to dismiss him by email at the end of June.

Where can I find betting odds on the next Crystal Palace manager?

Although Pierre Sage hasn’t been sacked yet, you can already place your bets on Crystal Palace’s next manager across betting sites now. Some of the bookmakers quoting odds are highlighted below, alongside their new customer sign-up offers. You can take advantage of these welcome offers and unlock free bets when you open an account.