Survival in the Premier League is everything but even though he undoubtedly represents the best chance of Crystal Palace extending their stay in England’s top flight for a fifth successive season, the impending appointment of Sam Allardyce to replace Alan Pardew at Selhurst Park is one that will fill many supporters with dread.
It is less than three months since Allardyce was ousted as the England manager before he had even named his second squad as the result of the Daily Telegraph sting that showed him negotiating a fee of £400,000 to represent an overseas firm hoping to profit from Premier League transfers. Whatever your views on that episode – and there are strong arguments to suggest Allardyce was unlucky to be forced out given he did not break any rules – it was an awful way to bow out from what the 62-year-old from Dudley has always described as his dream job.
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