Will Oliver Glasner leave Crystal Palace with a second major trophy in the bag?
It would be typical Glasner, a natural-born winner, to emerge from 2025/26 with the Conference League title in his pocket, having endured through a testing campaign with the Eagles.
The Austrian coach has become something of a polarising figure in recent months, having announced he will leave Selhurst Park when his contract expires in the summer.
Crystal Palace won the FA Cup this season, and they are currently playing European football. They are among the favourites to win the Conference League.
Chairman Steve Parish needs to pick the right successor, someone who can build from the foundations Glasner has laid.
The latest on Crystal Palace's manager search
In some surprising but exciting Tuesday news, The Telegraph's Matt Law has revealed that Crystal Palace have shortlisted Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola.
Iraola, 44, has emerged as one of the hottest young coaches in Europe, and he is out of contract at the end of the season.
The Spaniard may have his sights set on a trip home, though, with Athletic Bilbao thought to have a vested interest in the front-footed tactician.
If that is the case, the Eagles may turn to Thomas Frank, who has been out of work since being sacked by Tottenham Hotspur in February.
Last month, reports emerged that Parish and co had earmarked Frank as a leading contender to succeed Glasner in south London. His time with Spurs might have been fraught and unsuccessful, but their troubles run far deeper than Frank and his involvement.
At Brentford, the Dane took the club into the Premier League and established them over a number of years. The Bees are lauded for being expertly-run and thoughtful in their strategising, and in that, Frank could be the perfect man to take the reins at Palace.
Why Thomas Frank is perfect for Palace
Iraola plays attractive, energetic football at Bournemouth, and it's true that at Tottenham, Frank's squad employed the polar opposite.
But the 2025/26 season has maybe not served as an accurate gauge for Frank's expertise and suitability as Palace's new manager, with his 4-2-3-1 focused Brentford team hailed by pundit Danny Murphy for their "great intensity and physicality".
Crystal Palace are a close-knit and receptive group, and they would embrace Frank's methods.
Jorgen Strand Larsen, for example, could be the perfect number nine to front Frank's Eagles system, with his powerful frame and strong link-up ability reminiscent of Ivan Toney.
The Londoners have a team that is replete with attacking quality, though there have certainly been a few claims of late that things have gone stale under Glasner, and Frank, who also utilises a three-man backline with regularity, should shake things up without rocking the apple cart too hard.
Iraola is a top coach, but he's not without his flaws on the south coast, with defensive vulnerability and questionable in-game management two salient points of criticism.
Frank has proven himself as a project manager and could be the right pick to succeed Glasner. He's not the most expansive coach, but he showed through Toney and Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa at the Gtech that he knows how to get a tune from talented forwards.
It's a risk worth taking, and while Iraola is undoubtedly Parish's number one pick right now, the 52-year-old could prove to be a fallback who would be even more successful than the Cherries boss.