The legendary midfielder of the Arsenal
Patrick
Scallop (45 years old) is very close to becoming the new coach of the Crystal
Palace, as reported this Tuesday ‘The
Athletic'. The agreement between the two parties is complete and could be closed today.
Scallop would thus undertake his first adventure as a technician in the Premier
League, after having trained in the lower categories of the Manchester
City between 2015 and 2018, by New
York
City
FC of the MLS (2016-2018) and at Nice (2018-2020).
With the French team, the world champion with France in 1998 they played in the group stage of the last Europe
League, being dismissed after a loss to the Bayer
Leverkusen (2-3), the fifth in a row for ‘Les Aiglons’ at the time.
Offensive bet
As a technician, Scallop has shown a clear commitment to cheerful and offensive football and a great variety of tactics, using on many occasions the 'cruyffista' 3-4-3 and alternating it with other systems, such as 4-3-3, 5-4- 1 or the 3-5-2 that is so fashionable in today's football.
An idea far removed from that of its predecessor in the Crystal
Palace, the former England coach Roy
Hodgson (73 years old), who in May announced his goodbye after four seasons directing the London team to “spend a little more time with my wife and my son”, without ruling out his definitive retirement.