Crystal Palace’s supervisor Roy Hodgson.
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Roy Hodgson has focused a top-half Premier League end after Crystal Palace confirmed on Monday he’ll stay answerable for the Eagles subsequent season.
The previous England supervisor, who will have a good time his 76th birthday in August, returned to Palace in March following the sacking of Patrick Vieira.
Hodgson’s arrival impressed an upturn in Palace’s type as they pulled away from a relegation battle to complete eleventh within the Premier League.
“I’m immensely happy and proud to be extending my time at Crystal Palace and I wish to thank the chairman and sporting director for his or her continued religion in me,” Hodgson advised the membership’s web site.
“I do know what a unbelievable squad we’ve right here. It’s a terrific mix of youth and potential, alongside skilled gamers with Premier League and worldwide pedigree.
“I’ve spoken with the chairman at size and we agreed that we have to be formidable in getting essentially the most out of such expertise.
“As such, we’ve set ourselves the goal of a top-half end.”
Palace haven’t completed within the high 10 of the Premier League since 2014/15.
Hodgson took cost of his boyhood membership between 2017 and 2021 earlier than seeming to carry his lengthy and illustrious teaching profession to an finish when he left Palace two years in the past.
However he returned to the dugout in a brief spell at Watford in 2022 earlier than agreeing to return again to Selhurst Park.
Palace chairman Steve Parish stated: “Roy’s file as supervisor speaks for itself.
“His return earlier this 12 months together with Ray Lewington and assisted ably by Paddy McCarthy produced a unbelievable return each in outcomes and producing some fashionable performances.”
