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Sam Allardyce has resigned as Crystal Palace manager five months after he joined the Premier League club.
Allardyce, 62, replaced Alan Pardew in December on a two-and-half-year deal with the mandate to save the club from relegation. The club then was just a point above the relegation zone.
Big Sam, as he is fondly called, eventually led the club to eight wins in 21 games to guide them to a 14th-place finish.
In a statement announcing his retirement, Allardyce said: “I have no ambitions to take another job.
“I want to be able to savour life while I am still relatively young, and when I am still relatively healthy enough to do all the things I want to do, like travel, spend more time with my family and grandchildren without the huge pressure that comes with being a football manager.
“This is the right time for me. I simply want to be able to enjoy all the things you cannot really enjoy with the 24/7 demands of managing any football club, let alone one in the Premier League.”
BBC Sport reports that Allardyce revealed his decision to chairman Steve Parish at a meeting in London on Tuesday. The Eagles are now looking for their eighth manager in seven years.
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Allardyce has in the past managed Bolton, Blackburn, Newcastle and West Ham. He had an ill-fated one match spell as England coach before he left unceremoniously following a scandal.