Oliver Glasner doesn’t want his time at Crystal Palace to end on a sour note, not after the past couple of weeks at Selhurst Park.

The year started rough for Palace. They crashed out of the FA Cup to non-league Macclesfield. Then Marc Guéhi, the club captain, left for Manchester City in a £20 million move. Glasner has already said he’s leaving at the end of the season, and the team hasn’t won in ten games. The latest blow? Losing 2–1 at Sunderland, which set Glasner off—he slammed the board for selling Guéhi when they did and said he felt like the squad had been “abandoned.”

But things seem to be calming down. Glasner and chairman Steve Parish sat down for dinner this week. They talked things through, made peace, and agreed to focus on the UEFA Conference League.

Glasner only joined Palace in February 2024, taking over from Roy Hodgson, but he made an immediate impact—he won the FA Cup in his first full season, finally bringing the club their first major trophy in 120 years.

Now, Glasner wants to close out his time at Palace on a high and put all the drama behind him.

“I was emotional after the Sunderland game. The club and the players mean a lot to me,” Glasner said. “I don’t regret what I said—this is just who I am. But, yeah, it wasn’t the best timing.

“I had a long dinner with Steve this week. We talked about the Marc situation—not about selling him, but about the timing and who might replace him. I wanted Steve to understand where I was coming from.

“It was a good talk. I wasn’t attacking anyone. I just needed to share how I felt.

“Steve and I left dinner smiling. We’ve achieved so much together in the last 22 months. We’re not going to let it end as these last few weeks have gone.

“We’re sticking together and working to finish the season the way it deserves. That’s what I told the players.

“I was honest with them about everything. Now that we’ve got some players coming back, there’s a real sense that we can turn this around.”

Glasner’s been pushing for more signings since January, but with Daniel Muñoz and Ismaïla Sarr both back and set to start against Chelsea, he thinks they only need one more new face.

“I hope Daichi Kamada comes back at the start of February. He wants to play against Chelsea—honestly, we had to calm him down.

“He’s frustrated. He just wants to train and play more. I told him, ‘Hey, tranquillo’—I don’t know how to say that in Japanese.

“He’ll be back when the Conference League heats up. Hopefully, we’ll be in it for a while.

“Eddie Nketiah should return soon. That’ll give us more options. I still think we’ll bring in one more player this window, and then we’ll have a good balance.

“We already signed Brennan, and he’s a great addition. The last couple of weeks haven’t felt great, and I take responsibility for that, along with our results. But now we’re focusing on what we can actually control—the work on the pitch.

“We have to get better. There’s no point dwelling on everything else. We don’t need to change everything, just improve in a few areas.

“We used to create a lot more chances earlier in the season, and we’ve lost that a bit. To start winning again, we need to fix that.

“That’s what we’re working on. We’ve got more time to train now, to focus on the right things. I’m pretty optimistic about the next few weeks and months.”