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Allardyce ready to boss over at Palace
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FORMER England manager Sam Allardyce looks set to be named as the boss at Crystal Palace after arriving at the English Premier League club’s training ground for talks yesterday.
Speaking to Sky Sports News outside the club’s Beckenham training base in London, Allardyce said he was there to “complete talks” and described Palace as a “fantastic” opportunity to return to EPL management.
Allardyce, 62, is set to replace Alan Pardew, who was sacked on Thursday following a miserable run of results, with the Eagles winning just four of their 17 league matches this season and only one of their last 11.
Palace is presently only a point above the relegation places, in 17th place in the 20-team league.
The club also has the fewest points per game (0.72) in 2016 than any team in England’s top four divisions.
The south London club is due to face Watford away on Monday as part of the EPL’s traditional Boxing Day fixture card.
Allardyce told Sky Sports News he would have to “wait and see” whether he would be in charge for that game, with assistant Keith Millen taking charge of training yesterday.
Allardyce has been out of the game since being sacked by England in late September after just one match in charge following ill-advised remarks to undercover reporters.
“Big Sam”, as he is known, has never been relegated from the EPL as a manager.
Pardew, a former Palace midfielder, was appointed at the start of 2015 and led it to its best EPL finish. He also took the club to last season’s FA Cup final, where it lost to Manchester United.
But the Eagles’ league form tailed off towards the end of the campaign, and they have endured a disastrous start to the current season, having won just six games in the whole of 2016.
Pardew said: “I would like to thank everyone for their support, in particular the players who gave me everything. I feel I had a special bond with the club.”
Earlier this month Pardew courted controversy after a 3-0 win at Southampton when he said the club has investors “who perhaps don’t know a lot about football”.
British media interpreted that as a reference to American billionaires David Blitzer and Josh Harris, who provided part of a 50-million pound (US$61.47 million) cash injection into the club last December.
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