Frank de Boer, who has not been a stranger to having his name attached to potential Premier League managerial openings before, has finally locked down a job in the English top flight for the first time in his career. Crystal Palace have scooped up De Boer as their new manager, and fans will be hoping to see some exciting, free-flowing football next season. This will be De Boer’s first job in England and bookmaker Bet365 have gone 13/8 for him to be out of the job before the final kick of the season.
The bookmaker have gone 4/9 on De Boer managing to stick around for the entire term and that is after the Dutchman lasted just 85 days in his former job at Inter Milan but prior to that, he did lead Ajax to four Eredivisie titles in six years before that should lived tenure. Scrapping it out in a congested Premier League with a side that just dodged relegation last term, is a totally different kettle of finish from managing one of the top sides in the Netherlands. De Boer comes in, replacing Sam Allardyce who managed to get the Eagles safe from the drop last season, and then decided to take a break from the game.
Bet365’s Steve Freeth said of the Barcelona playing icon’s arrival: “Palace have gone down a different route with this managerial appointment, and although it didn’t work out for him in Italy, we’re odds-on about De Boer being around for a season at least.”
Crystal Palace are 9/2 at Bet365 to get relegated this season and De Boer seems to know what he has ahead of him, saying “I had a good feeling about the club and the prospect of managing a team in the Premier League was exciting,” De Boer said before going on to explain that his first aim would be to keep the club clear of any relegation battle.
Palace are 2/9 for a bottom half of the table finish, with a 66/1 quote on them to break the top four. The Eagles are 40/1 to win the FA Cup this season and 500/1 to do a Leicester and win the Premier League title. Palace opens with a game at Selhurst Park against the newly-promoted Huddersfield Town.
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