‘Abandoned completely’ – Oliver Glasner launches scathing Marc Guehi rant

Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner could not contain his frustration after his side extended their winless run to 10 games without captain Marc Guehi, who is set to join Man City.

The Eagles slumped to yet another disappointing result away at Sunderland on Saturday, losing 2-1 after taking the lead in the 30th minute. It was Crystal Palace’s seventh defeat in their last 10 games, a rotten run of results that includes the historic FA Cup loss to Macclesfield.

This latest defeat comes just a day after a seismic press conference from head coach Glasner in which he announced his decision to leave the club at the end of the season, confirmed Marc Guehi’s impending move to Man City and admitted that Jean-Philippe Mateta could also be sold.

Glasner was surprisingly calm as he delivered the bad news on Friday, but he was unable to keep a lid on his frustration on Saturday when he faced the media after the loss to Sunderland. Guehi was not involved as he will have his Man City medical on Sunday.

In a rant reminiscent of the outbursts that cost Enzo Maresca and Ruben Amorim their jobs, Glasner thundered that Palace had been abandoned by the board and reiterated for what feels like the hundredth time this season that the squad is too small to be competitive on multiple fronts.

Glasner: We have been abandoned completely

“I feel we are being abandoned completely,” the Austrian said. “I can’t blame any player. They did everything they could, and this has been going on for weeks and months now.

“We have 12, 13 players from the squad available, and we feel no support. The worst thing is selling our captain one day before playing a Premier League game.

“We are preparing, it’s the first [full] week we are training since September, and then we are selling our captain one day before a game. So I have no understanding of this.

“I have always kept my mouth [shut], but I can’t [anymore] because I have to defend these players because it was the 35th game today. Yes, we get under pressure here, and we are unlucky. But again, you can’t react, we can’t help them, it makes it really tough.

“If you get your heart torn out twice this season, one day before a game, it was with [Eberechi] Eze in the summer, it was with Guehi now. What should I tell the players all the time? What should I tell them?

“And then I see the performance today for 50, 60 minutes, it was not easy with all the circumstances, going here with 12 players from the squad. I look at the bench, I can’t react, just kids on the bench, and this has not happened yesterday, this is weeks ago. That’s why I’m really frustrated today.”

Similar to the aforementioned Amorim before his sacking, Glasner insisted that he would not quit despite his frustration. “No, never, I would never. I will go with this group of players until the end.

“I have so much respect for their character. I see they’re disappointed and I know how hard they are working, I see how hard they are fighting at the end. Never, no chance.

“I have said to the players we have to stick together, if we don’t get the support, it’s us that have to do it. There is nobody else, we are the only ones, we are the ones who have to play.”

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