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Pardew set to take over at Palace

NEWCASTLE United manager Alan Pardew is on the verge of taking over at Crystal Palace after being given permission to talk to his former club.

Newcastle confirmed on its official website that Palace had made a formal approach to speak to Pardew about its managerial vacancy and it had agreed.

“Crystal Palace have offered compensation at a level whereby Alan has now been permitted to speak to them,” the statement said of the manager who joined the club in December 2010.

The agreement on Monday smoothes the way for Pardew’s managerial ‘transfer’ to the club where he was once a favorite as a player.

With Pardew’s Newcastle contract still having six years to run, a compensation package will need to be finalized between Palace’s co-owners and United owner Mike Ashley.

If the deal is confirmed, it would mean Pardew leaving a club currently lying 10th in the table for one struggling in 18th place, having sacked its manager Neil Warnock on Saturday.




 

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