Alan Pardew has turned Oliver Glasner’s Nottingham Forest appointment into a fresh Crystal Palace flashpoint.
The former Palace manager reacted sharply to Glasner’s move on talkSPORT, saying the Austrian and Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis “deserve each other”. talkSPORT reported that Pardew also questioned the decision after Glasner’s tense Palace exit.
Nottingham Forest confirmed Glasner as their new head coach on Monday. Reuters reported that he becomes Forest’s fifth permanent manager in a year after replacing Vitor Pereira.
Glasner arrives with major Palace history behind him. He led the club to FA Cup and Conference League success before leaving at the end of last season.
Pardew Reaction Keeps Palace Wound Open
For Palace, the story is no longer only that Glasner has taken another Premier League job. Pardew’s intervention adds an emotional edge to an already awkward move.
Forest’s recent instability makes the appointment high-profile and high-risk. Glasner’s record gives him authority, but the club have changed managers repeatedly in a short period.
The Guardian reported that Marinakis praised Glasner’s leadership and winning mentality after the appointment. Forest have also pushed an ambitious public message around the move.
Read Crystal Palace has already framed Glasner’s Forest switch as an awkward post-Selhurst twist. Pardew’s comments keep that discussion alive.
The sensible Palace response is not outrage. It is clarity.
Pierre Sage needs backing, recruitment certainty and a strong pre-season. Every Forest setback or surge will bring Glasner’s name back into the Selhurst Park conversation.
Palace cannot control that noise. They can control how quickly Sage builds authority of his own.
