Roy Hodgson to be appointed new Crystal Palace manager after Frank de Boer sacking

Hodgson's last Premier League job was with West Brom, who he left in 2012 for England
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Giuseppe Muro11 September 2017

De Boer was told by Palace chairman Steve Parish this morning of his fate less than 24 hours after the 1-0 defeat at Burnley.

Palace have lost their first four Premier League games without scoring and De Boer has become the third shortest-serving manager in Premier League history, behind Les Reed (40 days) and Rene Meulensteen (75).

Hodgson is back in football for the first time since he left the England job after Euro 2016. Palace were this morning yet to confirm the appointment of Hodgson but they announced De Boer’s departure on their website.

Palace said: “Crystal Palace have this morning parted company with Frank de Boer. We would like to thank Frank for his dedication and hard work during his time at the club. A new manager will be appointed in due course and we wish Frank the very best of luck for the future.”

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De Boer took over on a £2million-a-year deal running to 2020 so is likely to receive about £6m in compensation.

Under De Boer, Palace became the first team in 93 years to lose their first four games in England’s top flight without scoring.

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Parish seemed to suggest last night De Boer would survive for at least another week when he tweeted that Palace “are only four games in” and “need to stick together”.

But Parish has lost patience with the 47-year-old and turned to Hodgson to get Palace out of trouble. De Boer was due to have his weekly meeting with Parish tomorrow, although that was brought forward in light of the result at Turf Moor on Sunday.

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