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Alan Pardew ‘I could manage a top club’
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says he could do a better job than some of the Premier League’s big-name managers
But Pardew, who has led the Eagles to six wins in the last ten Premier League matches since he replaced Neil Warnock in January, insists that he does not want to leave his job at Selhurst Park.
“I look at the top teams and feel I could do that job better than I’m seeing it being done,” he told BBC Radio 5live’s Sportsweek programme. “But I’m quite happy where I am and if I work in this part of the league for the rest of my career I will be extremely happy. I’m really happy here – I don’t really want another job. In a way the [Palace] board have been lucky because even if I have great success here I won’t be looking to jump away.”
Palace host Manchester City at Selhurst Park on Monday night, and Pardew acknowledges that the strength in depth that the Premier League champions possess could prove the difference between the teams.
“Mr Pellegrini’s options on the bench will be significantly stronger than my own to try and get a result in the game with 15 minutes to go,” he continued. “But it doesn’t always work out like that – Burnley proved to Manchester City it is about sometimes the team being stronger than the individual and on Monday night we hope that’s the case for Crystal Palace.’”
Is Alan Pardew deluded with 'greatness' and should his choice of words be rather more modest? Over to you ...
Alan Pardew ‘I could manage a top club’
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says he could do a better job than some of the Premier League’s big-name managers
But Pardew, who has led the Eagles to six wins in the last ten Premier League matches since he replaced Neil Warnock in January, insists that he does not want to leave his job at Selhurst Park.
“I look at the top teams and feel I could do that job better than I’m seeing it being done,” he told BBC Radio 5live’s Sportsweek programme. “But I’m quite happy where I am and if I work in this part of the league for the rest of my career I will be extremely happy. I’m really happy here – I don’t really want another job. In a way the [Palace] board have been lucky because even if I have great success here I won’t be looking to jump away.”
Palace host Manchester City at Selhurst Park on Monday night, and Pardew acknowledges that the strength in depth that the Premier League champions possess could prove the difference between the teams.
“Mr Pellegrini’s options on the bench will be significantly stronger than my own to try and get a result in the game with 15 minutes to go,” he continued. “But it doesn’t always work out like that – Burnley proved to Manchester City it is about sometimes the team being stronger than the individual and on Monday night we hope that’s the case for Crystal Palace.’”
Is Alan Pardew deluded with 'greatness' and should his choice of words be rather more modest? Over to you ...