Michael Carrick is clinging onto his job as Manchester United boss after Sunday's 3-0 thrashing by Bournemouth, but might not be the first managerial casualty of the campaign

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick may not be the first managerial casualty of the Premier League season, with Crystal Palace drawing up a shortlist of replacements for Pierre Sage.

Carrick's position is uncertain following United's 3-0 thrashing by Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday. He has won just two of the club's 12 matches this season, with United 16th in the Premier League having taken just seven points from eight games - their worst start since 1986/87.

The situation is similar in south London, where Sage is hanging on by a thread after Palace were beaten 2-0 by Newcastle at Selhurst Park on Sunday. The result followed a 5-0 hammering by rivals Brighton last weekend and leaves the Eagles in 17th place.

Like Carrick, Sage was only appointed in the summer, hired from French club Lens to replace Oliver Glasner. But the club's hierarchy are already pondering whether to pull the trigger after the team were booed off the pitch on Sunday.

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According to talkSPORT, Sean Dyche, Thomas Frank, Vitor Pereira and Robbie Keane are all of interest to Palace. Chairman Steve Parish is the man with the decision to make, but Sage has insisted he can turn it around.

"There is no noise inside the club," said Sage when asked about his future. "The boos are normal because we don't have the result. The noise is the consequence of the result of the team, and at the moment we don't have what we expect.

"Inside, we are just really focused on solutions. How to be better, how to create the conditions to compete, and we will continue our work, and there's no noise inside."

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He added: "This kind of decision of what we are speaking about is to the chairman and owners. For me, the noise around the team and club is only noise. I spoke with the chairman this week, but I didn't speak about this subject.

"We spoke about the game, the condition of the team and how we build our game plan to compete today. We didn't speak about this subject. I share my strategy with him and the technical staff. It's normal."

Carrick is in a similar position after failing to get a reaction from his side following the 4-1 thrashing by Como in midweek. United chiefs Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada were inside Old Trafford to see their humbling by Bournemouth and have a decision to make, with Jamie Carragher claiming that Carrick wanted to be put out of his misery.

"It's a tough situation, there's no hiding from it," Carrick told Sky Sports when asked about his future. "But what it looks like and what's next, I really don't know. I will always do what's best for this football club, I've said it all along and I don't change that now. I love what I do, I love the position I'm in. I feel the responsibility but we'll have to wait and see."