December 20 2002

Alex Kolinko

Alex Kolinko has told the Croydon Advertiser that he has no future at Palace.

Despite Kolinko's good performances between the sticks this season, Palace's number 1 has revealed that his working relationship with Trevor Francis is extremely frosty, after the 'cuffing' incident during the Bradford game in August, and he sees himself moving on in 6 months time when his contract expires.

He said: "The manager and chairman [Simon Jordan] do not want me to sign a new contract and I have had problems with Trevor this season. It is a difficult situation between the club and me."

Kolinko spoke in his interview about the "special bond with supporters who love me, but I don't like the manager and he does not like me."

Asked whether he has the desire to play for another club in the Premier League the Lativan said: "There are too many good keepers for me to play in the Premier League. I probably could play in the Premier League, I but it would be difficult."

Kolinko is the only Lativan left at the club, after Andrejs Rubins was released, and branded a 'shocking waste of money' by Simon Jordan.