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Roberto Mancini is eyeing a return to the Premier League at Crystal Palace.

Mancini, a Premier League and FA Cup winner at Manchester City, has thrown his hat into the ring for the managers job if Alan Pardew is sacked.

Italian Mancini has joined ex-England boss Sam Allardyce in declaring an interest in taking over at Palace as the pressure intensifies on Pardew.

Portuguese boss Vitor Pereira - considered before Pardew was appointed last year - and Wales manager Chris Coleman are also in the frame.

Eagles chiefs have already begun making plans in case they part ways with Pardew.

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He is feeling the heat after a terrible 2016 and run of six straight league defeats which have left Palace fourth bottom and only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.

Pardew held talks with chairman and close friend Steve Parish this week as he battles to save his job ahead of games against Southampton and Hull.

But, with the club’s American major shareholders David Blitzer and Josh Harris less than impressed by the slump, failure to beat his former club Southampton tomorrow could spell the end for Pardew.