Newcastle United have allowed their manager Alan
Pardew to speak to Crystal Palace as regards the vacant managerial position at
Selhurst Park.
Newcastle have confirmed that Palace “have offered
compensation” for Pardew to discuss terms with the latter club, where he spent
four years as a midfielder, on a possible coaching contract as Neil Warnock’s
successor.
Palace sacked Warnock on Saturday just four months
into his second spell in charge of the South London club. They have won only
three league matches this
season and are 18th in the 20-team Premier League
table.
A Newcastle statement on Monday
said: “As a result of this development today (Monday), Alan will not be at
training on Tuesday. Training will be the responsibility of assistant manager
John Carver.”
Pardew have been in charge of the
Tyneside club since December 2010 and is under contract until 2010. He guided
Newcastle to a fifth-place finish in the league in 2012. Newcastle are
currently ninth in the table ahead of their home clash with Burnley on new
Year’s Day.
Supporters of the St. James’ Park club,
had earlier this season called for the dismissal of the 53-year-old, currently
the fourth longest-serving manager in the Premier League, behind Arsenal’s
Arsene Wenger, Exeter City’s Paul Tisdale and Karl Robinson of MY Dons.
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