Crystal Palace are preparing to appoint Roy Hodgson as manager after sacking Frank de Boer following only four Premier League matches in charge.

Sam Allardyce has ruled out returning to Crystal Palace after Frank de Boer was sacked just four matches into the Premier League season.

Frank de Boer has been sacked by Crystal Palace after only four Premier League matches in charge.

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has urged everyone at the club to "stick together" despite the team's poor start to the Premier League season and increasing speculation about the future of manager Frank de Boer.

Five talking points from last weekend’s Premier League action.

Manchester United hold the only 100% record, Tottenham and Arsenal both endured familiar frustrations, while West Ham, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace all lost again.

Frank de Boer’s appointment as Crystal Palace manager took the number of former Barcelona players now managing in the Premier League to five, 25% of the total workforce and a ringing endorsement for the philosophy of Total Football Johan Cruyff introduced to the Catalans after making it famous in his native Netherlands.

Crystal Palace are expected to announce Frank de Boer as their new manager on Monday afternoon.

Liverpool have finally kick-started their summer recruitment drive in earnest after completing a deal for Roma winger Mohamed Salah.

Roberto Martinez paid the price for Everton’s Premier League nosedive when he was relieved of his duties yesterday with one game of the season still to play.

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Manager Tim Sherwood has parted company with Tottenham.

Tottenham hero Ray Clemence has urged the club to stick with Tim Sherwood as their manager.

Tottenham have denied making an approach to Ajax for Frank de Boer amid claims they are to part company with manager Tim Sherwood.

Frank de Boer is open to speaking with Tottenham in the coming weeks about taking over as manager, although the north Londoners are keen to stress they have not made an official approach to Ajax.

Ajax boss Frank de Boer says is interested in taking over as Tottenham manager at the end of the season.

Neil Lennon believes Celtic will have to be at their best against an Ajax side he believes are as good as AC Milan and Barcelona to take anything from their crunch Champions League clash in the Amsterdam ArenA tonight.

Frank De Boer hopes the tiny percentage of Ajax fans he describes as “crazy” do not disrupt Wednesday night’s Champions League clash with Celtic at the Amsterdam ArenA.

Ajax have such a memorable past, as a football institution as well as serial winners, that it is easy to forget they have had their ups and downs.

Neil Lennon is confident his Celtic side can do a Dutch double following their 2-1 Champions League win over Ajax at Parkhead last night.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon admits a home defeat to Ajax will end any hopes his side still harbour of progressing in the Champions League.

Gareth Barry believes that Manchester City’s players have been “found out” in the Champions League this season and just a solitary point from three games would suggest the midfielder is spot on.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini knows his team must toughen up if they are to keep their Champions League quest alive.

Ajax manager Frank de Boer has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant Liverpool job as he wishes to remain loyal to the Dutch club.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia is facing four weeks out of action after injuring his hamstring in last night’s 2-0 Europa League win over Ajax in Amsterdam.

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner insists the club’s owners are prepared to provide money for big-name signings if it benefits the long-term future of the team.

Holland captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst has admitted he could hardly have dreamed that his last competitive match would be the World Cup final.

A new legal agreement committing the world to curb greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely to be completed before the end of 2011, two years later than originally envisaged, the United Nations' climate chief said.

THE UN’s top climate official said yesterday he does not expect a binding global warming agreement until the end of 2011, two years later than originally thought.

The UN’s top climate official said today he does not expect a binding global warming agreement until the end of 2011, two years later than originally thought.

The UN’s top climate change official Yvo De Boer today announced he was resigning after nearly four years, a period when governments struggled without success to agree on a new global warming deal.

Errors in an authoritative report about the impact of global warming on Himalayan glaciers should not detract from the overall conclusions drawn in the study, the UN climate chief said.

THE WORLD is entering talks on a new climate pact with unprecedented unity and leaders must seize the moment to create a turning point in the battle against global warming, the UN’s top climate official said yesterday.

The UN’s top climate official admitted today that a final global warming treaty will be impossible this year.

Poor nations have made serious proposals to combat global warming and it is time for wealthier countries to give their own commitments to cut greenhouse gasses, the UN’s climate chief said today.

A fresh round of UN climate talks started in Bangkok today with leaders hoping to break the deadlock over a global warming deal and warning that failure would leave future generations fighting for survival.

AS the United States lags on climate legislation, the UN climate chief says China is poised to join the European Union in claiming “front-runner” status among nations battling climate change.

THE UN’s top climate change official has said he is confident a new global warming deal can be agreed this year, but key issues remain unresolved.

Governments from nearly 200 countries will launch discussions in Thailand tomorrow on forging a global warming agreement, a process that is expected to be fraught with disagreements over how much to reduce greenhouse gases and which nations should adhere to binding targets.

The European Union’s trademark office is facing an embarrassing cash crisis - hundreds of millions of pounds in the bank and no way of spending it.

Europe today warned it will boycott American-led climate talks next month unless the country accepts targets for cutting greenhouse gases at the Bali climate conference.

The United States will reject demands to commit to internationally binding cuts in global warming gases at the UN climate conference in Bali, the chief US climate negotiator said today.

Any agreement hammered out by a massive United Nations climate change conference starting in Indonesia this week would not make sense without the participation of the US, the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gases, the UN’s climate chief said today.