No, Pards, no!
Crystal Palace have today released a statement to confirm that the club have asked Alan Pardew to step down as manager.
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Here's how the statement read:
Crystal Palace F.C. have today asked Alan Pardew to step down as Manager of the Club.Club Chairman Steve Parish said, “I would like to put on record our sincere gratitude for the tremendous service Alan has given us, both in his time here as Manager and previously as a player. Following a fantastic second half of 2014/15, the 2015/16 season culminated in only narrowly missing out on winning the FA cup as well as securing our Premier League place for a record breaking fourth time. During his tenure Alan’s hard work and dedication were without question, he has improved so many areas of the Club and we wish him the very best for the future.With games now coming thick and fast over the holiday period the Club are hoping to put someone in place as quickly as possible but have nothing to say about a replacement at this time.
While Pardew took Palace to the FA Cup final last season, Palace's form throughout 2016 has been abysmal: no side in the top four divisions in England have picked up fewer points than Palace in the past twelve months, and they currently sit in seventeenth place, a point ahead of Sunderland in the drop zone.
More to follow.
