Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has proved exactly why he might be the perfect pick to succeed Ruben Amorim as Manchester United manager at Old Trafford.
Oliver Glasner is out of contract at Selhurst Park at the end of the season and the 51-year-old Austrian manager has been heavily linked with Manchester United.
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The United-linked Glasner has made a lasting impression with Crystal Palace, including leading the Eagles to the FA Cup trophy in the 2024-25 season.
Ruben Amorim’s sacking as United manager on Monday has now seen speculation mount even further around Glasner making his way to Old Trafford in the summer.
The 40-year-old former United manager left the Premier League club after a 14-month spell, having succeeded Erik ten Hag in the Old Trafford hot seat in 2024.
Photo by Michael Driver/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhat Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner said sums up his major difference from former Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim
Oliver Glasner found success at German side Eintracht Frankfurt before he arrived at Selhurst Park in 2024 to replace Roy Hodgson as Crystal Palace manager.
The Palace head coach led Eintracht Frankfurt to a Europa League title in 2022 ahead of leaving the Bundesliga outfit at the end of the 2022-23 campaign.
Glasner’s approach at the Eagles has been compared with what Ruben Amorim has done at United after deploying a three-man backline as part of his tactical set-up.
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Unlike Amorim’s tactical system at United, Glasner insisted that the fine details of what he wants to see in his tactics are more important than the overall formation.
“There is too much discussion about the system,” he said, as per Sky Sports.
“The system is not important. Habits are important, the patterns and how you want your players to behave on the pitch. That is much more important.
“In my career, I have played every single system. Got promoted in Austria with a 4-4-2, then we switched to a 3-4-3.
“In Wolfsburg, we reached the Champions League with a 4-2-3-1. In Frankfurt, they played with three at the back before and it fit the squad.”
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Glasner’s optics around his football tactics had the ex-Eintracht Frankfurt manager showed his pragmatism for adapting his approach in a “very fluid” system.
“I always look at what system might suit the players we have best,” he added.
“My favourite system is 4-4-2, but do we have the right players for this?
“We are talking much more about our habits than the system. The system is very fluid.”
Darren Fletcher is currently in charge of the United first-team squad ahead of the Red Devils appointing an interim head coach until the end of the current season.
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