Thomas Frank and Sean Dyche are widely viewed as potential candidates should Pierre Sage be sacked by Crystal Palace, but Toulouse manager Jens Berthel Askou is also rumoured to be on their shortlist too.

The Danish manager, who joined the French club from Motherwell in the summer, has his side sitting 12th in Ligue 1 after 10 games.

"It's the wrong time for him to go in," said Sutton on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club. "In terms of the way he wants to play and how expansive he is, I don't think it's the right move for him or for Palace when you are a quarter of a way through the season.

"If you brought him in over the summer and he has time to build then it would work, but you have the likes of Sean Dyche who is ready to go in and organise.

"I wouldn't want to see Berthel Askou go in and rip up the way he works just to keep Palace in the Premier League."