Sam Allardyce retires after quitting Crystal Palace

May 24, 2017
By: Milos Markovic

Five months after taking charge of Premier League outfit Crystal Palace, manager Sam Allardyce has resigned from his post at Selhurst Park.

Allardyce replaced Alan Pardew in December 2016 after signing on a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Eagles, who were one point above the relegation line at the time.

Former England manager guided Crystal Palace to a 14th-place finish in the Premier League by recording eight wins in 21 games.

The experienced tactician who has an ill-fated and utterly controversial spell as England boss prior to his Crystal Palace job claims he has ‘no ambitions to take another job’ and is set to retire from management.

“I want to be able to savour life while I am still relatively young, and when I am still relatively healthy enough to do all the things I want to do, like travel, spend more time with my family and grandchildren without the huge pressure that comes with being a football manager.

“This is the right time for me. I simply want to be able to enjoy all the things you cannot really enjoy with the 24/7 demands of managing any football club, let alone one in the Premier League.”, Allardyce announced in a statement.

The former Bolton, Blackburn, Newcastle and West Ham boss will be remembered as a manager who never got relegated from the Premier League.

His final game in charge came last Sunday when he overlooked Crystal Palace’s 2-0 defeat at Manchester United.

Even though he indicated his plans to improve the squad during the summer transfer window following the Old Trafford defeat, Allardyce changed his mind and decided to call it quits on his time with Crystal Palace and management in general.

Allardyce announced his decision to chairman Steve Parish at a meeting in London on Tuesday, leaving Palace in search for their eighth manager in seven years.

Among the names linked with the vacant position are former Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri, Wales boss Chris Coleman, Slavisa Jokanovic, Marco Silva and even Brendan Rodgers.

However, it is former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini who has emerged as the bookies’ favourite for the job with 4.00 (3/1) betting odds stacked in his favour.

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