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Roy Hodgson is close to becoming the new manager of Crystal Palace
Hodgson will replace Dutchman Frank De Boer who was sacked on Monday
The 70-year-old is back in work having last managed the England national side

Published: 10:16 EDT, 12 September 2017 | Updated: 11:54 EDT, 12 September 2017

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Roy Hodgson is finalising a deal to become the new manager of Crystal Palace.

Sportsmail understands Hodgson has all but agreed a two-year deal at Selhurst Park and will take his first training session on Wednesday.

Frank de Boer was relieved of his duties on Monday after just 77 days and four Premier League games in charge, in which his team failed to score and did not register a point during a nightmare start to the season.

Roy Hodgson is so set to be named the new Crystal Palace manager on a two-year contract

Frank de Boer was sacked as Crystal Palace boss after just four league games in charge

Hodgson returns to football after leaving his position as England manager after Euro 2016

Sportsmail reported on Sunday night how the Eagles had stepped up their search for De Boer's replacement, with former England manager Hodgson and Sam Allardyce the two leading candidates. They have moved quickly to secure the services of Hodgson.

He returns to the Premier League for the first time since leaving West Brom for the national team in 2012, having previously managed Liverpool, Fulham and Blackburn in the English top flight.

He has been out of work since England's disastrous Euro 2016 campaign, which ended with a humiliating exit to Iceland, but the Croydon native now takes charge of a club he played for at youth level in the 1960s.

Hodgson has managed Fulham, Liverpool, West Brom and Blackburn in the top flight

Hodgson will be back in the Premier League for the first time since leaving West Brom in 2012

Former Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce was another name being linked to the job

HODGSON'S MANAGERIAL CV

1976–1980: Halmstad

1982: Bristol City

1982: Oddevold

1983–1984: Orebro

1985–1989: Malmo

1990–1992: Neuchatel Xamax

1992–1995: Switzerland

1995–1997: Inter Milan

1997–1998: Blackburn Rovers

1999: Inter Milan (caretaker)

1999–2000: Grasshoppers

2000–2001: Copenhagen

2001: Udinese

2002–2004: United Arab Emirates

2004–2005: Viking

2006–2007: Finland

2007–2010: Fulham

2010–2011: Liverpool

2011–2012: West Bromwich Albion

2012–2016: England

De Boer's departure is also likely to see Sammy Lee leave the club, having originally arrived with Allardyce, with Ray Lewington set to join as part of Hodgson's backroom team having previously worked with him with Fulham and England.

Hodgson's first game as Palace manager is set to be a Premier League clash against Southampton at Selhurst Park on Saturday, before a Carabao Cup third-round game with Huddersfield the following Tuesday.

Palace, who sit second bottom above West Ham, then face a daunting run of consecutive games against Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea.