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Roy Hodgson: Former Crystal Palace boss leaves with 'head held high', says Chris Sutton

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Roy Hodgson can leave Crystal Palace with his "head held high", says former Premier League striker Chris Sutton.

The 76-year-old stepped down on Monday, with Palace appointing former Eintracht Frankfurt boss Oliver Glasner.

Hodgson has managed 17 clubs and four national teams in a 48-year career and has overseen 416 Premier League games.

"He's had an incredible managerial career," Sutton, who was managed by Hodgson at Blackburn, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.

"He was a superb organiser and a brilliant coach. He was the first manager that I ever did double sessions with and also real patterns of play.