'Angry' Glasner 'isn't happy' with summer outgoings

The interview area at Crystal Palace is best described as cosy - the reporters, commentators, floor managers, press officers and camera operators stand on top of each other, in a thin corridor, waiting for the managers and players to arrive.

Aside from the sight of first team coach Ronald Brunmayr squeezing past after his post-match shower, the most interesting observation was the vexation and aggression with which Oliver Glasner slammed his office door shut.

An angry manager after a defeat is nothing new, but what I found so striking was the stark contrast to the calm, wise and softly spoken demeanour he has projected, publicly at least, since his Premier League arrival in February.

Once he had calmed down, Glasner told me that the way in which people are viewing his side needs to be shifted from the team which won six of their final seven matches last season, scoring an average of three goals per game, to the present day reality of back to back defeats, zero points, and just a solitary own goal to their name.

I can't speak for him, but I don't believe he is happy with the summer transfer outgoings.

Back in May, Glasner was "very confident" that Crystal Palace could keep hold of Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise - but the latter is now a Bayern Munich player.

Following the win over Liverpool back in April, he described Joachim Andersen as "very important" to the team - the Danish international, who started every Premier League game last season, is now a Fulham player.

What Glasner did make clear to me is that all of the transfer decisions are being made by the "department of the sporting director" - also known as: Dougie Freedman.

The Austrian turns 50-years-old on Wednesday but, given he's had no "assurances" that Marc Guehi will still be a part of his squad come the end of the transfer window, I'm not sure he will be in the right mood to celebrate his big birthday.