Tony Pulis already gone from Crystal Palace after crisis talks before EPL season kicks off

TONY Pulis has made a stunning exit from Crystal Palace, captained by Aussie Mile Jedinak, less than two days before the start of the Premier League season.

Palace EPL boss Pulis already gone

TONY Pulis has made a stunning exit from Crystal Palace, just two days out from the start of the new Premier League season, after crisis talks with co-chairman Steve Parish.

Pulis had grown frustrated by Palace’s failure to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the squad, according to a BBC report.

Not long after news of the talks broke, Pulis had quit over his frustrations - or as the club put it, left by mutual consent.

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Crystal Palace's Welsh manager Tony Pulis.

Several media outlets reported Pulis had entered an urgent meeting with the Palace hierarchy to discuss his dismay at the lack of signings.

Aussie Mile Jedinak is already facing drama as he faces another season of captaincy with Crystal Palace.

Bookmakers had drastically cut the odds on Pulis being the next Premier League manager to leave his post, with some closing the market due to heavy betting on the former Stoke boss, who had gone from being a 40-1 shot yesterday to the odds-on favourite.

The news of the talks emerged just 48 hours before Palace’s opening Premier League match of the new season at Arsenal on Saturday.

Pulis led Palace to an impressive 11th place finish in the Premier League last season after inheriting a squad in turmoil in November.

The Welshman was named the League Managers Association’s Premier League manager of the year in May.

Before reports of the meeting involving Pulis and Parish emerged, Palace clinched their fourth signing since the end of last season with the 1.5 million pound capture of Liverpool defender Martin Kelly.

Pulis had previously signed Chris Kettings, Fraizer Campbell and Brede Hangeland, but is said to be disappointed Parish couldn’t push through deals for Steven Caulker, Michu and Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Instead, Caulker signed for QPR, Michu joined Napoli and Sigurdsson returned to Swansea from Tottenham.

Pulis is believed to have wanted total control of Palace’s recruitment policy, but Parish was reluctant to let the manager be in sole charge of player movement as he wanted to avoid putting the club’s future at risk by over-spending.

Former Celtic boss Neil Lennon and ex-Cardiff chief Malky Mackay are reported to be among the contenders to replace Pulis.

Originally published as Tony Pulis already gone from Crystal Palace after crisis talks before EPL season kicks off