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'Cowardly' to leave Wales for Crystal Palace manager position - Coleman

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Chris Coleman has supported Sam Allardyce's "brave'' decision to quit football management, but stressed that he will not be following the former England boss into Selhurst Park.

Wales manager Coleman was quickly linked with the Palace vacancy after Allardyce's shock resignation given his 190-game spell at the Premier League club between 1991 and 1995.

But Coleman said it would look "cowardly'' if he walked out on Wales little more than two weeks before their vital World Cup qualifier in Serbia on June 11.