After winning Crystal Palace's first European trophy in his final game as coach, Oliver Glasner needs to address the issue he's been avoiding.
His future.
Glasner leaves Palace as its most successful coach after winning the FA Cup last season and beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the Conference League final on Wednesday.
Glasner told Palace co-owner Steve Parish as long ago as October that he wouldn't extend his contract when it expired at the end of this season. Even so, he said after Wednesday's final that he hadn't spoken to any other clubs.
“I canceled everything up till now. I had no desire and no energy to think about that or speak to anyone in any other club or say anything about it. I just felt obliged to be 100% concentrated on the guys, who deserved 100% of Oliver Glasner,” he said.
“In soccer, everything I say today is wrong tomorrow. So what I know for sure is that I'm going to celebrate with the players, drink a couple of beers and fly back to London tomorrow.”
Parish said on Thursday that there wasn't a chance to convince Glasner to stay.
“No, I think at the beginning we always knew the journey would be a limited time," Parish told Sky Sports. "Oliver has things that he wants to do. We’re lucky he came to our club at the time he did. We have got to look forward and so has Oliver. He’ll always have a special place in the heart of all the Crystal Palace fans."
Glasner's options seem to have narrowed since he made public his plans to leave in January. At the time, he was being linked to Manchester United, which had just made Michael Carrick interim coach after firing Ruben Amorim. Now, though, Carrick is United's permanent coach on a two-year contract.
Reports in German media have suggested the 51-year-old Austrian could be an option for Bayer Leverkusen if the German team opts to move on from Kasper Hjulmand after finishing sixth in the Bundesliga and missing out on Champions League qualification. That could potentially mean a return to Palace sometime since both teams are in next season's Europa League.
As well as a new coach, Palace faces uncertainty over the future of midfielder Adam Wharton, who starred in the Conference League final win and has repeatedly been linked with a move to bigger clubs.
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Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta, right, shakes hands with Crystal Palace's head coach Oliver Glasner as he leaves the pitch during the Europa Conference League final soccer match between Crystal Palace and Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Crystal Palace's head coach Oliver Glasner bows to the fans after winning the Europa Conference League final soccer match between Crystal Palace and Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Crystal Palace's head coach Oliver Glasner celebrates with the trophy after winning the Europa Conference League final soccer match between Crystal Palace and Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)
A federal judge has declined to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting mail voting, clearing the way for potential sweeping changes in how American elections are run shortly before this year's midterm elections.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, late Wednesday rejected the request by Democrats and civil rights groups that had argued Trump’s order would likely be found unconstitutional because the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules. Nichols agreed with the Republican Trump administration's contention that it was too early to block the order because it has yet to be implemented.
Nichols' ruling leaves the door open for further challenges when the Trump administration moves to implement the president's directive. A separate lawsuit seeking to block the executive order is underway in Boston. No matter how rapidly the administration acts, no voting changes are expected during primary elections, which continue into next month.
“The Court recognizes that the Postal Service may ultimately issue a final rule that directly affects Plaintiffs or their members, or that the Government may develop State Citizenship Lists that omit specific individuals due to particularized flaws,” Nichols wrote. “Plaintiffs may, of course, renew their motions if and when those future actions occur. Until then, however, Plaintiffs cannot show that preliminary injunctive relief is warranted.”
The Trump administration has yet to formally issue lists of eligible voters, and those who filed the initial request for a temporary halt said they'd be back if the administration moves in that direction.
“We are ready to resume the fight if and when the administration takes those next steps,” said Juan Proaño, chief executive officer of the League of United Latin American Citizens, one of the organizations that sought the stay from Nichols.
Democratic party organizations that sought the order issued a joint statement with similar promises. “We are confident we will prevail in the end when this illegal and completely unworkable executive order is fully adjudicated,” the statement said.
Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said: “Today’s ruling is a decisive victory for the rule of law and deals a blow against the Democrat strategy of suing first and finding legal arguments later."
Trump issued the order in March after a bill he supported to overhaul voting stalled in Congress. The order would have had the federal government create a list of eligible voters and then directed the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to those on the list. Election officials argued it was ripe for abuse and could cause chaos, and the postal union has objected to the idea of mail carriers policing ballots.
Since his 2020 presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, Trump has groundlessly claimed mail voting is rife with fraud and has launched a federal investigation into that year's vote, even though repeated audits and investigations, including ones run by Republicans, found it was free of widespread fraud. Trump also has said he wants to “take over” election administration in Democratic areas.
Democrats and civil rights groups argued it was urgent that Nichols issue a restraining order amid the primary season, with states already gearing up for the fall midterm elections.
This was Trump's second executive order aimed at overhauling elections and voting. His initial election executive order, issued just months after he took office in his second term, has been blocked by multiplefederal judges. That order sought to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, among other changes.
A voter drops off their ballot at a library in Portland, Ore. serving as a ballot dropbox site as Oregon held primary elections on May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)
FILE - A tray of mail-in ballots is seen at King County Elections headquarters on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
