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LONDON. — Manager Tony Pulis has left Crystal Palace by mutual consent less than 48 hours before the start of the season.
Pulis (56) met with chairman Steve Parish on Thursday as tension between the pair came to a head.
The former Stoke boss, who won the Premier League’s Manager of the Year award last season, had been frustrated by the failure to land a number of summer transfer targets.

Assistant manager Keith Millen will be in charge against Arsenal today.

Bookmakers’ odds had tumbled on Thursday as speculation over the Welshman’s job intensified. Malky Mackay and David Moyes were suggested as potential candidates to replace Pulis by former Palace defender Matt Lawrence. —  BBC Sport.