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Is former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira a Muslim seeing he originates from Senegal?.I'd just like to know b'cos i've never seen him cross himself or is he into witch doctors and all that??.
 
not many players in england cross themselves

robert van persie is a muslim
 
Britain's not really a Christian country anymore i mean the Churches are more or less empty still guys like Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole do often cross themselves.Does anyone know if Patrick Vieira is Muslim??.
 
Thuram, Vieira and Ribery are all Muslim I think.

So is Bolton 8m striker Abdul-Salam Bilal, formerly of Arsenal, PSG, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Man City and Fenerbahce.
 
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Thuram, Vieira and Ribery are all Muslim I think.

So is Bolton 8m striker Abdul-Salam Bilal, formerly of Arsenal, PSG, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Man City and Fenerbahce.
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couldnt you just say anelka lol
 
what is the fascination with such and such being muslim :13:
 
Crystal Palace have appointed Patrick Vieira to succeed Roy Hodgson as the Premier League club's manager.

The former Arsenal captain emerged as Palace's preferred candidate after a lengthy process since Hodgson announced he was leaving the club on 18 May.

The 45-year-old Frenchman has signed a three-year contract with the Eagles, who finished 14th last season.

"I am really excited to have this opportunity to return to the Premier League," said Vieira.

"It is a project that is really appealing to me, having spoken a lot with the chairman [Steve Parish] and sporting director [Dougie Freedman] about their ambition and plans for the whole club, including the academy.

"The club has fantastic foundations in place after many years in the Premier League, and I hope we can make further improvements and continue to drive the club forward."
 
Patrick doing ok so far. :)

<b>BBC: Crystal Palace 3-1 Everton</b>

Everton's wretched season continued as fans booed Rafael Benitez's decision to substitute Richarlison during another defeat at Crystal Palace.

Demarai Gray's poor pass let in Jordan Ayew who found Conor Gallagher to sweep home his fifth Premier League goal since joining from Chelsea on loan at the start of the season.

At 1-0, manager Benitez replaced Brazil forward Richarlison - who was clearly unhappy to go off - with Salomon Rondon, which provoked an angry reaction from the travelling fans at Selhurst Park.

Four minutes later, James Tomkins made it 2-0 from close range following a corner by Will Hughes, who was making his first start since joining Palace in August.

Rondon's first goal for Everton gave Benitez's side hope but Gallagher's wonderful finish from outside the box in the closing moments secured a thoroughly deserved win that lifts Palace above the Toffees into 12th spot in the Premier League table.

Palace were the more threatening team, with Jordan Pickford forced to save from Ayew and Wilfried Zaha before England midfielder Gallagher struck in the closing stages of the first half.

Everton have won 10 points from losing positions this season but were unable to avoid a fourth defeat in five games and face a daunting return to London on Thursday to take on third-placed Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (19:45 GMT).

Monday's late win over Arsenal helped alleviate some pressure on Benitez but there was no mistaking the whistles and jeers when he opted to replace Richarlison with Rondon shortly before the hour mark.

Richarlison, who had just 10 touches, shook his head as he slowly walked off the pitch before slumping into a seat in the dugout.

Everton, who have lost four in a row away from home, actually played their most threatening football with the number seven off the pitch.

After Rondon pulled a goal back from close range, Andros Townsend had an attempt deflected narrowly wide against his former club.

Then Anthony Gordon went for goal instead of passing, with Palace keeper Vicente Guaita denying the substitute before Gallagher produced a sumptuous finish in the 93rd minute to seal Everton's eighth league defeat of the season.

At the age of 21, Gallagher has played more minutes for England than for parent club Chelsea after coming on as a substitute in the 10-0 walkover against San Marino last month.

He has forced his way into England boss Gareth Southgate's thinking because of the type of sharp, inventive performance he produced against lacklustre Everton.

Gallagher was at the heart of everything that was good about Palace's first win since 6 November and, while he has yet to make a senior appearance for Chelsea, he now has six top-flight goals to his name from midfield this season.

n addition he has three assists in the Premier League and has been directly involved in 41% of Palace's goals this season.

Palace went into this game on the back of three successive defeats but Patrick Vieira's side were bright and breezy throughout.

They had 17 attempts - with six on target - and controlled the match with a passing accuracy of 396 compared to Everton's 211.

With Southampton arriving at Selhurst Park on Wednesday on the back of a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal, Palace could end the week in the top half of the table.

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Conor Gallagher rated 9.05 out of 10 on the BBC tracker, an usually high score!
 
<b>Conor Gallagher</b>

When it comes to discussing the best signings of the season, Conor Gallagher's name has surely got to be in the mix.

The 21-year-old was farmed out on loan by Chelsea, where he has yet to make a senior appearance, to Crystal Palace for experience at the start of the campaign.

Not only has Gallagher become a cult hero among Palace fans, he has also forced his way into the England team.

Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate, a former Palace favourite, will have marvelled at Gallagher's second goal from outside the box which sealed the points in a 3-1 win over Everton on Sunday.

It was his second of the match and sixth of the season.

So what does the future hold for Gallagher - and what are the pundits saying about this incredible talent?

<b>Six goals and three assists - impact player</b>

Not only has Gallagher scored six times in a Palace shirt, he's also provided three assists for his team-mates.

Indeed, his nine direct goal involvements in the Premier League this term are the most of any player currently 21 or under.

Look a little closely and Gallagher has been directly involved in 41% of Palace's goals in the Premier League - the highest proportion for a team by any English player in the competition this term.

And his work-rate has been impressive. The 11.2km he covered against Everton was the most of any Palace player, as were his 20 sprints and 347 intensive runs.

"Whoever brought him to this football club deserves an award," former Palace striker Clinton Morrison told BBC Radio 5 Live.

Talking about his wonder goal in the 93rd minute past Jordan Pickford, Morrison added: "What a finish. He wins the ball, the bend into the top corner past England's number one is fantastic, this kid's a big, big player for Crystal Palace."

This is Gallagher's fourth loan spell in three years while a Chelsea player.

The midfielder scored six times for Charlton Athletic in 2019-20 before temporarily joining their Championship rivals Swansea City in the same season.

Gallagher, who turns 22 in February, got his first taste of top-flight action with West Brom last season, but it is at Palace where he is really making a name for himself.

Against Everton he was sharp, inventive and at the heart of everything that was good about Palace's first win since 6 November.

"I love it here," Gallagher said afterwards.

"Hearing the fans sing my name is a great feeling for me and gives me confidence, which is amazing for a player.

"Hopefully I can continue to impress them. I always give my all and I try to affect the game as much as I can."

In total, Gallagher has scored eight goals and provided five assists in 45 appearances in England's top flight.

<b>Will Gallagher stay at Selhurst Park?</b>

His loan agreement is until the end of the season when he is due to return to Chelsea and has a Blues contract until 2025.

Gallagher has played more minutes for England than for parent club Chelsea after coming on as a substitute in the 10-0 World Cup walkover against San Marino last month.

His Palace boss Patrick Vieira, a World Cup-winning midfielder with France in 1998, was asked about the prospect of signing the player permanently.

"We don't think about what will happen in the future. We have him for a year and we are pleased to work with him," he said.

"It's a win-win. We'll see what happens at the end of the season."

Vieira said Gallagher was a work in progress and there was more to come from him.

"He'll need to manage his strength and find out the best way to manage his energy," he added.

"He's a fantastic player to have. He gives everything to the team and he can score goals. To have a midfielder who can score 10-15 goals is important."

In his BBC Sport Column, former Tottenham player Garth Crooks says Gallagher would be making a "terrible mistake" if he stayed at Chelsea.

"The only problem with this is he is either going to cost Patrick Vieira too much money to buy - or worse he stays at Chelsea, which in my view would be a terrible mistake by the player," he adds.
 
Michael Olise's dramatic injury-time strike gave Crystal Palace a first Premier League away win of the season as they beat West Ham.

With practically the last kick of the game he curled in a shot from the edge of the box which took a huge deflection off Aaron Cresswell and flew into the top corner.

The result ended West Ham's six-game winning home run in all competitions. This was the first time they dropped points at home since August.

West Ham led when Said Benrahma marked his 100th appearance for the club with a powerful strike from outside the box.

That goal came slightly against the run of play, but Wilfried Zaha drilled in an equaliser for Palace after good work from Eberechi Eze.

The Hammers were awarded a penalty with 10 minutes to go with Marc Guehi making minimal contact with Michail Antonio - although that decision was overturned after a video assistant referee review.

Antonio wasted a good attack late on when his poor cross was caught by Vicente Guaita and seconds later Olise won the game for Palace.

Patrick Vieira's Palace are ninth, five points above West Ham in 15th.

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The visitors created plenty of chances to win this match but it looked as if it was never going to come. The only away win they had managed this season until now was at Oxford in the Carabao Cup.

But then Olise was the hero in the fourth minute of injury time with a fortuitous deflected goal. In one of those quirks of football, this was his first Premier League goal since netting in the last minute against the same opposition on New Year's Day - although that was a defeat.

Extra frustrating for West Ham is the fact Antonio could have helped set up a winner - or take the ball to the corner - seconds earlier.

Eze had a few chances to score early on, forcing a save from Lukasz Fabianski with a free-kick and firing two shots wide, as well as dragging two shots wide.

This was probably his last chance to impress boss Gareth Southgate, who names his World Cup squad on Thursday.

He did well for the Eagles equaliser though, taking the ball off Thilo Kehrer, who struggled to control Craig Dawson's overhit pass, before feeding Zaha to score.

That was Zaha's first away goal at West Ham in nine attempts.

His goal was a welcome relief after Benrahma's opener against the run of play following Palace's good start. That one was set up by Lucas Paqueta on his return from a collarbone injury.

Dawson almost accidentally won the game for Palace as he blocked a cross with his keeper Fabianski doing well to keep it out.

West Ham did not create enough clear-cut chances after that to make it seven home wins in a row for the first time since 1999.

In fact, Palace keeper Vicente Guaita only made one save all day - to deny Kehrer in the second half.

They did think they were going to have a chance to win it when Antonio ran from halfway before feeling a slight bit of contact from Guehi's arm and going theatrically down.

Referee Paul Tierney pointed to the spot, but realised his mistake when he saw the incident again on the screen.

And then Olise struck from Zaha's pass.

This game came just three days after West Ham played in Romania in the Europa Conference League, a 3-0 win at FCSB, but with 11 changes made it would be hard to blame that for this performance.
 
Quietly doing a good job at Palace.

They can get upper mid table / top half, definitely.
 
Steady season.

10th place at the moment and doing ok although they've had some strange results too.
 
Still need to bolster the midfield with a Connor Gallagher style player, a striker, and most likely a right back.

With Zaha's future not 100%, will definitely need a replacement for him too, in terms of impact on the team. Although, It would be nice to see Palace make it into Europe and Zaha see's out his career with them.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crystal Palace have agreed terms with Roy Hodgson — he will return to the club as new head coach to replace Patrick Vieira &#55357;&#56629;&#55357;&#56628;&#55358;&#56709; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CPFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CPFC</a><br><br>Hodgson will sign until the end of the season. <a href="https://t.co/CeoJTCQtuh">pic.twitter.com/CeoJTCQtuh</a></p>— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1637958402738454531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Former England manager Roy Hodgson has been reappointed as Crystal Palace boss until the end of the season.

Patrick Vieira, who replaced Hodgson at Selhurst Park in July 2021, was sacked by Palace on Friday after a 12-match winless run in all competitions.

Hodgson, 75, managed Watford from January to May 2022, leaving after they were relegated to the Championship.

"It is a privilege to be asked to return to the club, which has always meant so much to me," said Hodgson.

"Our sole objective now is to start winning matches, and to get the points necessary to ensure our Premier League status."

Hodgson had said he did not expect to take another managerial job in the Premier League after his departure from Watford.

Ray Lewington also returns to Palace as first-team coach with Paddy McCarthy, who took charge of Sunday's 4-1 defeat at Arsenal, named assistant manager.

"I would like to welcome Roy and Ray back to the club," said Palace chairman Steve Parish.

"We are obviously in a very challenging period but we believe that Roy's and Ray's experience, knowledge of the club and players, alongside Paddy can help fulfil the immediate requirement of keeping us in the league."

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Absolutely bizarre stuff. Ok so sack Vieira, it was a bad run of results, but it’s a giant leap backwards with Hodgson as the replacement. He is way too old to manage at this level now — he was already complaining about the workload and his health issues when he took Watford down last year — he was never known for fluid attacking football and the problem at Palace is scoring goals. What exactly is he being brought in to do? It doesn’t make sense.
 
Roy Hodgson on his future: “As far as I'm concerned, this is my last game as head coach of Crystal Palace”.

“All along, I have seen this as my last game on my contract”.
 
End of an era finally , Hodgson was a true mercenary and perfect definition of being average in your work
 
Crystal Palace have appointed former Eintracht Frankfurt boss Oliver Glasner as their new manager.

The 49-year-old Austrian replaces Roy Hodgson, who stepped down on Monday so Palace could "bring forward their plans to appoint a new manager at the end of the season".


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Textor to sell Palace stake and monitor Everton

Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor says he is trying to sell his majority stake in the club and holds an interest in buying Everton, or a club in the Championship.

The American businessman owns a 45% stake in Palace with his company Eagle Football Holdings, and has instructed Raine Group to find a prospective buyer.

Palace are one of four clubs Textor owns with Eagle Football, alongside majority stakes in French side Lyon, Brazilian first division club Botafogo and Belgian side RWD Molenbeek.

Textor, 58, wants to continue to have an interest in English football and would be interested in exploring Everton as an opportunity, should their protracted sale to 777 Partners not be resolved.

Eagle Football cannot purchase another club in the Premier League without selling their stake in Palace first.

It is understood the Palace board disagreed on multi-club ownership, but Textor's decision to sell his stake has been received amicably.

In a statement, Textor, who made his fortune in the technology sector, said he was "proud" about his contribution to the club.

The Eagles finished 10th in the Premier League this season following a strong end to the campaign under Oliver Glasner, who the board worked together to appoint.

"So, why would we sell, just when things are getting so good? Well, Eagle Football is known to employ a highly integrated sporting model across its football clubs, with an unprecedented amount of scouting collaboration and player movement within the family of clubs," Textor explained.

“As proud as we are to have been a part of the resurgence of Crystal Palace, it remains true that Crystal Palace is an independent club, run by a man with a steady hand, who has achieved a level of sustainability that is incredibly uncommon in today’s Premier League. An integrated sporting model, such as ours at Eagle, is simply not a perfect fit for Crystal Palace."

He added he was "extremely confident that a good number of prospective partners will jump at the chance to be a part of this promising future" at Palace.

On his Everton interest, Textor told The Athletic he had held talks about buying the club "with the existing constituents - different groups, different lenders, different equity holders".

Owner Farhad Moshiri is in a period of exclusivity with 777 Partners until the end of May, after agreeing to sell to them last September.

Textor said: "I'm very open-minded to it but I don't want to come into a situation where I'm not really welcome.

"I'm watching it but 777 still has a contract. There are people that are close to the club who care a lot about it, who are also investing.

"There's the guy running it who's still calling the shots. Maybe we're uniquely positioned to solve a lot of problems for people but we're just watching it right now, because there are other people who already own pieces of that club who also want to figure it out."


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'You don't talk about the egg before the hen lays it'

Football managers are forever finding creative ways to divert questions and manage expectations - and Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner delivered this unusual answer when asked about the prospect of winning the club's first ever major trophy.

The 50-year-old Austrian, whose side face Manchester City in Saturday's FA Cup final (16:30 BST), has led his side to the brink of history.

Palace will qualify for Europe should they win at Wembley, and they need just one point from their final two games to set the club's best Premier League tally.

It's easy to forget they did not win a league match until 27 October - their ninth game of the season - as pressure built around the club.

But Palace's record since beating Tottenham Hotspur that day is the sixth-best in the division, behind only Liverpool, Newcastle, Arsenal, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest.

Such is their great form that boss Glasner has been linked with moves to RB Leipzig and Spurs, who have been beaten twice by Palace this season.

The Austrian has turned the south London side into a force to be reckoned with since replacing Roy Hodgson in February 2024 - and boasts the highest points-per-game record (1.49) of any Palace boss in the Premier League era.

When Glasner arrived, his energy and enthusiasm had a big impact at Selhurst Park, providing a huge boost to the players.

Palace ended last season with six wins from seven, but momentum was lost during a busy summer as star player Michael Olise joined Bayern Munich, seven players reached finals of major tournaments and four new signings arrived on transfer deadline day at the end of August.

That meant the core of Glasner's team did not have a pre-season - far from ideal given the Eagles' leader demands top fitness levels from his squad to implement the high energy tactics he likes.

Now that they have settled and sharpened, Palace are a wholly different proposition.

"I'm very pleased," Glasner told BBC Sport. "Not just with the improvements, but I think with the environment we have created here at the training ground and also in the club.

"We are very ambitious, everyone is working very hard to progress, and this is the main reason why we are where we are now at the end of the season.

"We are really settled in mid-table and looking at the teams in front of us more than looking at the teams who are behind us.

"We are also playing the FA Cup final and very pleased with what has happened in the last 15-16 months."

Talking tactics: 'One of a new breed of managers'

The Eagles have never won the FA Cup - twice losing finals to Manchester United in 1990 and 2016.

However, Glasner has experience of success, having led Eintracht Frankfurt to Europa League glory in 2022, and he lifted the Austrian Cup twice with SV Ried, where he spent most of his playing career.

Palace co-owner John Textor initially wanted Glasner for Lyon, one of his other multi-club ownership teams, and he would have been in charge there if he could speak French.

In an interview with BBC Sport last year, Textor said the Austrian was a "better fit" for Palace and he impressed chairman Steve Parish and then-sporting director Dougie Freedman.

"He's part of the modern breed of managers that manage everything about the player, the body," said Textor. "He runs his players up to 120% of game intensity on a Wednesday and manages their recovery, so they go into 90 minutes on a Saturday and they feel it's a walk in the park.

"As far as his style of play, I thought it was the perfect match. Oliver's theory is that he'd rather win the ball in their half... they'll know where the vulnerability is."

In some news conferences, Glasner confidently dissects opposition tactics to the media - even doing so when his side faced Manchester City and Pep Guardiola in December.

"We knew we can play a higher intensity [than City] - all the data showed this," he said after Palace's 2-2 draw. "We knew when we get into the transitions we'd get in behind.

"There was so much space on the opposite side next to [Ilkay] Gundogan. When you play with one number six, 4-1-4-1, like City are playing, there is a lot of space on the left and right of the number six."

A brain haemorrhage at age 37

Glasner is hugely positive and consistently tells his players to approach every game with a winning mentality.

While preparing for a Europa League game with SV Ried in 2011, he suffered a brain haemorrhage aged 37.

Glasner had suffered a head injury in a previous game and, after trying a heading drill in training before an upcoming match, he needed to be rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after becoming unwell in his hotel room.

Asked if the brain haemorrhage - which ended his playing career - was the reason for his positive outlook, Glasner played it down.

"Of course everything that happens in our life influences our mindset. I just try to be positive because life is just much better when you're that way," he said.

"Because when you are always moaning, you're always complaining about something, you are always in a negative spiral and you can't enjoy many things. That's why I want to see the positive side of it.

"It's a good picture, you can always see the glass half empty or half full but it's still the same amount of water.

"It's just how you judge it and it's like this in many situations. It's more self-protection to have a good and happy life.

"It doesn't mean that I am always happy or singing and dancing around, but with judging and doing things I'm always on a positive side."

The Eagles have picked up some big results under Glasner and his 3-4-2-1 formation has allowed him to build around their attacking talent.

However, despite the formation being a hallmark of his tenure, he actually admitted his favourite formation is 4-4-2.

One of the players who has shone in recent weeks is Eberechi Eze but, like the team as a whole, it has not been a straightforward season for the Palace forward.

Glasner said Eze had a "strange" start to the season as small injuries, disallowed goals and missed opportunities did not allow him to get into his flow.

But since scoring his first England goal in March, Eze's form has improved, with six strikes and two assists in the following nine games.

"It looks like this goal for England [has made a difference], his first goal for England, I know how much that means for him," added Glasner.

"This is what he deserves, scoring a goal for your country, and it has helped him to maybe get into this little bit more 1, 2, 3% of confidence back, and since then he has scored many goals, many important goals, the first goal, the opener and he can do it in the final as well."

So back to that question of winning the FA Cup, eggs and hens...

"We haven't won anything at the moment," explained Glasner. "We're in the final and have had a great journey in the FA Cup.

"We will do everything we can to win the trophy but I think Manchester City will do the same.

"We are looking forward to it and in great shape. We have almost every player available and in good shape and that is the most important thing. Let's see how the final goes."

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