How Sam Allardyce succeeded Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace - 7M sport

How Sam Allardyce succeeded Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace

SAM ALLARDYCE last night signed a £6.25million deal to take over as the new manager of Crystal Palace – and will take charge of his first game at Watford on Boxing Day.


Posted Saturday, December 24, 2016 by Express.co.uk

How Sam Allardyce succeeded Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace

The former England manager agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish after driving down for talks yesterday at the club's training ground in Beckenham. The contract is worth ï¿¡2.5m a year, plus bonuses.

Allardyce, who will take charge of Palace training today, is back in football less than three months after leaving the England job in disgrace after being filmed by a newspaper advising on how to get round FA rules in third party ownership of players. He had been manager of England for just 67 days, taking charge of one match.

But the 62 year old, who also had lucrative offers from China, had always insisted he wanted to return to club management as soon as possible.

Palace have moved fast in replacing Alan Pardew, who was sacked on Thursday after less than two years in charge.

The former Limerick, Preston, Blackpool, Notts County, Bolton, Newcastle, Blackburn, West Ham and Sunderland manager has been told he will have funds for new players in January, with Palace – who spent more than ï¿¡50m on players last summer – expected to splash the cash on at least one defender and a striker.

Back in November, when Palace were in the middle of a six game losing streak, Allardyce presented the club's owners with a dossier on the squad, its strengths and weaknesses, plus his plans for them.

Impressed by the level of detail, Palace's American co owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, had been in contact with his representatives for more than a month.

Pardew was axed after a miserable year which saw only six league wins and 22 defeats, including eight of their last 10, leaving them just a point above the Premier League relegation zone.

Palace wanted an experienced manager who could step in straight away to take over. Allardyce always fitted the bill, having never been relegated from the top flight, last year saving Sunderland from the drop.

He will be the first manager to take charge of six Premier League clubs – and only Sir Alex Ferguson, Harry Redknapp and David Moyes have managed more games in the top flight.

The squad yesterday trained under current assistant manager Keith Millen, who said he thought Allaryce would "sort the players out" if he got the job.



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