Crystal Palace are drawing up a shortlist of replacements for Pierre Sage, who could become the first Premier League managerial casualty of the season, with Manchester United boss Michael Carrick also under pressure.
Sage's position is under threat after Palace were beaten 2-0 by Newcastle at Selhurst Park on Sunday, following a 5-0 defeat by rivals Brighton the previous weekend. The results leave the Eagles in 17th place in the Premier League.
Carrick's future is also uncertain after Manchester United's 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday. United have won just two of their 12 matches this season and sit 16th in the table, having taken seven points from eight games - their worst start since 1986/87.
Palace Consider Replacements
According to talkSPORT, Sean Dyche, Thomas Frank, Vitor Pereira and Robbie Keane are all of interest to Palace. Chairman Steve Parish is the man with the decision to make, but Sage has insisted he can turn it around.
"There is no noise inside the club," said Sage when asked about his future. "The boos are normal because we don't have the result. The noise is the consequence of the result of the team, and at the moment we don't have what we expect."
"Inside, we are just really focused on solutions. How to be better, how to create the conditions to compete, and we will continue our work, and there's no noise inside."
Carrick's Position Uncertain
Carrick is in a similar position after failing to get a reaction from his side following the 4-1 defeat by Como in midweek. United chiefs Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada were inside Old Trafford to see the loss to Bournemouth and have a decision to make, with Jamie Carragher claiming that Carrick wanted to be put out of his misery.
"It's a tough situation, there's no hiding from it," Carrick told Sky Sports when asked about his future. "But what it looks like and what's next, I really don't know. I will always do what's best for this football club, I've said it all along and I don't change that now. I love what I do, I love the position I'm in. I feel the responsibility but we'll have to wait and see."
Sage added: "This kind of decision of what we are speaking about is to the chairman and owners. For me, the noise around the team and club is only noise. I spoke with the chairman this week, but I didn't speak about this subject."
Both managers were appointed in the summer, with Sage hired from French club Lens to replace Oliver Glasner, while the club's hierarchy are pondering whether to make a change after the team were booed off the pitch on Sunday.
