{"id":369147,"date":"2024-02-19T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=369147"},"modified":"2024-02-20T02:03:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T02:03:45","slug":"legendary-coach-quits-days-after-being-hospitalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=369147","title":{"rendered":"Legendary coach quits days after being hospitalised"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Hodgson, the oldest ever manager in the English Premier League<\/a> at age 76, left Crystal Palace<\/a> just days after falling ill during a training session amid widespread reports he was about to be replaced.<\/p>\n

The former England coach said he made the decision to step aside so Palace could bring forward its plans to appoint a new manager.<\/p>\n

Hours later, the club hired Austrian coach Oliver Glasner as Hodgson's replacement on a deal until the end of the 2025-26 season. Glasner led Eintracht Frankfurt to the Europa League title in 2022 before leaving last year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI understand, given recent circumstances," Hodgson said, \u201cit may be prudent at this time for the club to plan ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palace said Hodgson has left the hospital following the training-ground incident on Friday and was \u201cdoing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Roy<\/p>\n

Two members of his coaching staff \u2014 Paddy McCarthy and Ray Lewington \u2014 were due to take charge of the team for its league match at Everton. Palace was five points clear of the relegation zone with 14 games remaining.<\/p>\n

Hodgson was in his second spell in charge of Palace, having returned last March to comfortably steer the team to safety in the league after a poor run of form under predecessor Patrick Vieira.<\/p>\n

He was also the Palace manager from September 2017 to May 2021, keeping the London club in the top-flight the entire time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis club is very special and means so much to me and has played a big part in my footballing life. I have fully enjoyed my time here across six seasons, as it has given me the chance to work with top class players and staff doing what I love every day," Hodgson said.<\/p>\n

Hodgson didn't say whether he would be retiring from football management. When he left after his first spell at Palace, he said he would not be coming back to the sport \u2014 only to be hired by Watford eight months later.<\/p>\n

He recently said changes to the game, such as handball interpretations and VAR, had made him fall out of love with football after nearly 50 years in coaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cGames like today,\u201d Hodgson said after a 2-1 loss to Liverpool in December, "make me realise that when the day comes to leave it behind, I won\u2019t be missing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palace chairman Steve Parish said Hodgson \u201chas a special place\u201d in the club's history.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter four years in which he led the club to maintaining Premier League status season after season, he once again joined us nearly a year ago to steady the ship, and worked wonders,\u201d Parish said. \u201cThat he then agreed to continue in the summer speaks volumes about his commitment to our club. Quite simply, we owe our continued Premier League status to Roy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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