• 62-year-old’s first post since 67-day stint in charge of England
Sam Allardyce has made a swift return to football management after his ill-fated 67-day stint in charge of the England senior team, as Alan Pardew’s replacement at Crystal Palace.
The 62-year-old has agreed a contract through to 2019 worth around £2.5m-a-year, marginally less than he briefly earned with the national team, with bonuses applicable if he succeeds in steering the club to Premier League survival. Palace have lost eight of their last 10 games, and 22 over the course of the calendar year, to hover just a point and a place from the relegation zone and will hope to tap the talents of a manager who has never seen his team demoted from the topflight.
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