Overview
- The 3-2 home loss to Ipswich on Saturday left Palace with three points from four league games and 11 goals conceded, the worst defensive tally in the Premier League so far.
- Pierre Sage retains the board's backing for now but has been warned by club sources and former scouts that results must improve soon or his position will be reassessed.
- Ismaila Sarr has been training separately at the Copers Cope ground after failing to secure a late summer exit, and Sage says he expects Sarr to rejoin first-team training imminently.
- Interest from Saudi clubs remains possible while the Saudi transfer window stays open until October 12, though Palace have publicly said they do not plan to sell Sarr at present.
- Commentators have flagged two linked problems for Palace: the summer sale of Maxence Lacroix and the integration of new defenders Axel Disasi and Honest Ahanor, and Sage's public criticism of players that specialists warn could damage dressing-room unity.