Crystal Palace: Roy Hodgson being considered as Patrick Vieira replacement

Patrick Vieira replaced Roy Hodgson arsenic Crystal Palace brag successful July 2021

Former Crystal Palace brag Roy Hodgson is being considered arsenic an enactment to instrumentality implicit arsenic manager astatine Selhurst Park aft the sacking of Patrick Vieira.

It would beryllium a singular instrumentality for erstwhile England brag Hodgson, who was replaced by Vieira successful July 2021.

Under-21s brag Paddy McCarthy is taking complaint of the Eagles against league leaders Arsenal connected Sunday.

He volition beryllium supported by erstwhile Palace subordinate Darren Powell, and BBC Sport understands that the concern volition beryllium reviewed heading into the planetary break.

But Hodgson, 75, is an enactment for the nine helium managed for 4 seasons earlier stepping backmost from shot successful 2021.

He concisely returned to the dugout for a abbreviated play past play astatine Watford, leaving aft the Hornets were relegated.

Hodgson said past play helium did not expect to instrumentality different Premier League managerial role aft Watford.

The erstwhile Liverpool and Fulham manager knows galore of the existent Palace squad good having worked with them earlier and that would beryllium seen arsenic a affirmative arsenic the Eagles effort to debar being dragged deeper into a relegation fight.

Palace person not won a crippled successful 2023 and are 12th successful the table, conscionable 3 points supra 18th-placed Bournemouth who person a crippled successful hand.

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