If people want an example of how EPL managers contracts work they can look at Sam Allardyce leaving us. He resigned from a fixed term contract. He had to pay us £2 million if he took another EPL job inside 2 years. He did with Everton so we were paid the money. Lampard is different in that he was sacked. His contract may have had clauses covering this we will never know. All we can do is speculate however he is due compensation for his loss of income.

It would be great . But we will prob end up with Cooperman . Although the compensation package is about 5 mill if you can belive what you read . and as a wize old sage once stated belive half of what you see and none of what you read .

Dominic Fifield has stated on the "The Totally Football Show" (iTunes podcast at 1:01:16) that it’s between Nuno, Dyche & Ismaël and it should be announced this week.

Nuno is an understandably big prospect. But I suspect there may well be politics involved with him & Mendes and it’s entirely possible that’s the reason he’s unemployed to begin with. It really is a recipe for it to all end in tears at Palace.

Valérien Ismaël is the guy. He could be a fantastic appointment provided he’s given the time & we bring in players committed to a high pressing style of football.

As for Dazza, you said Lampard was being announced last week. Your source is full of s***. It’s time for you to drop this “links to the board” bulls*** now as it just comes across as trolling at this point.

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We're the Arthur over ere!

Fifield is relatively credible, so I would attach more weight to this shortlist than any other.

The golden thread running through these coaches is that they are pragmatic coaches who play realistic, fairly no-frills football. Wolves were given a nice sheen by the quality of players they were able to get, but they were first and foremost an organised defensive unit who played on the break and didn't open themselves up too much. Dyche, as others have rightly said, is more of the same for a club that's had Pulis, Allardyce and Hodgson. I've seen nothing whatsoever of Barnsley this season but read a few opinion articles and stats suggesting that whilst Ishmael favours pressing ahead of counter attacking, his team are characterised by direct play and hard work.

......and it’s still Lampard is it Dazza?

He has never said that he had links to the board