Pulis Dismisses ‘quit’ Claims

Tony Pulis today quashed rumours that he was on the brink of walking away from Selhurst Park after a torrid transfer window in which the Eagles have failed to bring in a single player. Murmurs of a breakdown in communication between Steve Parish, the Palace co-chairman, and manager Pulis were said to be behind the Welshman wanting to quit SE25, especially regarding disagreements over transfer policy.

After taking charge of the south Londoners just two months ago in November, he has guided the relegation favourites away from the drop zone, amassing 4 wins from his first 10 league games in the process. Despite this fantastic start, Pulis has struggled in the window to secure any of his first choice transfer targets that he says are needed to bolster the team’s survival chances going into the final 17 games of the season.

However, Pulis today has attempted to silence the rumours of unrest as he looks to steady the ship in the run up to the crucial home game with Hull City on Tuesday evening.

He said, when asked about quitting the side: “I’m not one of those people. I spent 10 years at Stoke.”

“I’ll say this now, the supporters have been absolutely wonderful, absolutely fantastic. There would have to be a massive reason to leave and let them down. I’d find that very difficult to do.”

Despite this he still understands the importance of completing some transfers in the final week of the window. He said: “We’ve been working very, very hard to identify players and I’m sure it will be busy come the end of the week.

“I think we need to bring in four or five players, and I’m not talking about spending money on one of them that is extortionate, I’m talking about trying to bring players in who have a little bit of experience in the Premier League but also have something to prove.”

“Hopefully, by the end of the week, we’ll bring some players in.”

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