Alan Pardew has received a public show of support from Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish, but the under-fire boss still has a job to convince the club’s American shareholders he is the man to take the club forward in the long term.
Pardew saved himself from the axe last weekend with a win over Southampton but caused concern with astonishing remarks about the shareholders afterwards. Pardew said: ‘We have a lot of serious investors at the club who perhaps don’t know a lot about football.’
Parish says his manager is safe for now, but admits results will ultimately decide his fate.