Roy Hodgson, supervisor of Crystal Palace, grew to become sick Saturday morning and was not be capable to lead his crew towards Aston Villa at present within the Premier League.
The 76-year-old was reportedly taken sick earlier than the sport in Birmingham, subsequently he is not going to be current at Villa Park.
“Sadly, Roy Hodgson was taken unwell earlier at present and isn’t at Villa Park”, the membership stated on Twitter.
“Roy is in touch with Paddy McCarthy, who will take the crew at present assisted by Ray Lewington. Roy despatched his finest needs to the crew forward of the match. We ship our perfect needs to Roy.”
Roy Hodgson in for second spell at Palace
The 76-year-old returned to Crystal Palace in March of this yr, changing the departing Patrick Vieira. That is his second stint as supervisor of the membership. The Arsenal nice left after the Eagles went winless in 12 consecutive matches.
As a consequence of the crew’s latest struggles, Eagles proprietor Steve Parish resorted to calling upon Hodgson for steerage. The previous supervisor of England achieved precisely that, main the Eagles to an Eleventh-place end by advantage of 5 wins of their final 10 league video games.
Hodgson’s return wasn’t imagined to be for lengthy, however he ended up staying on as Palace’s supervisor for the remainder of the season. His crew has had an up-and-down begin to the 2023–24 season, successful two video games towards Sheffield United and Wolves however dropping 1-0 at house to Arsenal and drawing with Brentford.
Who will lead crew towards Aston Villa?
Assistant coach Paddy McCarthy led the squad with head coach Ray Lewington towards Aston Villa. McCarthy has been serving as Palace’s assistant supervisor since Hodgson’s return to the membership in March.
From 2008 via 2016, he was a mainstay for Palace, beginning 151 video games. Lewington, then again, has beforehand served as an assistant coach underneath Hodgson.
Sadly for Hodgson and Crystal Palace, Aston Villa received the match 3-1 with three late targets.
Picture credit score: IMAGO / Sebastian Frej
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