The Seville heartstomped Rangers manager prospect is closing in on a Premier League move.

Oliver Glasner, the former manager of Frankfurt, is very close to joining Crystal Palace after being predicted to take over at Rangers.

Prominent transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano, who has been actively monitoring the situation on social media site X, says as much.

Romano reports that Oliver Glasner will take over for veteran manager Roy Hodgson at Selhurst Park once Crystal Palace relieves him of his responsibilities.

Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace is drawing closer.

This will be Glasner’s first managerial position if the agreement closes, having left Eintracht Frankfurt at the conclusion of the 2022–2023 season.

The Austrian manager most Rangers supporters know as the one who broke their hearts in Seville by leading Frankfurt to victory in the Europa League Final via penalty kicks.

After a 1-1 draw in Spain, Oliver Glasner’s team overcame Rangers on penalty kicks in Frankfurt’s greatest moment in a generation. Sam Lammers was another member of the German team.

But more recently, after Michael Beale was fired from Rangers last year, the manager was mentioned as a possible candidate to take over. Glasner has also recently been mentioned alongside the Bayern Munich job with the pressure building on Thomas Tuchel.

Rangers are pleased with the manager’s selection.

Oliver Glasner has a long history as a manager, but this will be his first Premier League position as a 49-year-old boss of LASK.

With Philippe Clement the current star at Ibrox, Rangers will also be happy to have moved elsewhere back in October 2023, if they were ever interested at all.

It’s been quite the turnaround since the Belgian took over in the middle of the season—winning the League Cup, making it to the Europa League final 16, and surrendering a seven-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

Oliver Glasner, on the other hand, appears destined to take over Crystal Palace at a difficult time, as the Eagles are just five points off of the relegation zone and sit 15th in the table.