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Sam Allardyce Announces Retirement After Parting Ways with Crystal Palace

Sam Allardyce left his post as Crystal Palace manager on Tuesday and said in a club statement he has "no ambitions to take another job."

The Palace website announced the surprising news Allardyce was departing just five months after he succeeded Alan Pardew in the manager's role.

He wrote in part: "I will always be grateful to Crystal Palace and Steve Parish for giving me the opportunity to go out with my head held high having helped keep the club in the Premier League. More than that, they gave me a chance of rebuilding my reputation after what happened with England.