Crystal Palace Target Lens Boss Sage

Crystal Palace are in talks with Lens manager Pierre Sage with a view to making him their head coach after he led Lens to second in Ligue 1 this season. Sage inherited a Lens side last June who had finished eighth and made them title contenders, finishing six points adrift of Paris Saint-Germain, and won the Coupe de France.

The Frenchman is understood to be keen to join Palace after the club put off by compensation fee for Frank Lampard and with former Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola now in discussions with Liverpool over succeeding Arne Slot. tr-sport.click