I could see the sense in Glasner. He’s a good manager and he might feel a bit short-changed at Palace having lost Eze and likely Guehi. They are a well run, solid mid table team, but that’s about as good as it will ever get if they keep losing players.
So Glasner might back himself to be the one to start to get a bit of a tune out of Man Utd, if Amorim departs.
Much as I don’t like them, I look at their squad and think they should be finishing around the Europa level in the Prem. Glasner must surely think that is doable, and relative to the cloud that is descending over the club, that would represent good progress.
I have not seen Man Utd since the opening game, just some highlights. I am a bit surprised at the funk they are in, so soon, as I thought their game against Arsenal showed they had some real reasons to be hopeful. Although they lost it, they acquitted themselves well, and another day they could easily have taken the points.
It was a bit of a hard luck story, but I thought they would kick on and instead they went backwards in the second league game, and then a disastrous result against Grimsby has them questioning everything again.
It shows how mentally fragile they are.
In many ways it very much looks like a poisoned chalice, but they still have the players, the name, and the money, to be an attractive proposition for someone like Glasner. If he goes there he will get more of a tune out of them, perhaps all the way to Europa qualification.
Obviously it’s not where they dream of being, but it would be solid. For now.
