Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish has spoken to BBC Radio 5 live following the appointment of Neil Warnock as his new manager. Malky Mackay or Tim Sherwood had been favourites to get the job earlier in the week before talks broke down.

He said: "There was no lack of candidates. We made the choice of Neil because he is the best person to take us forward now. He did a great job when he was here before and he understands the club.

"He offered his services very early on so it was always an option that was there. The picture you try to paint that he was the last choice is not true. The standard of people that applied was very high... World Cup winners.

"Everybody that we saw and we enquired about wanted very much to manage the football club. I'm sure if we had rung them last night they would still have wanted to manage the club."