Crystal Palace are close to appointing former Wolverhampton Wanderers sporting director Matt Hobbs in a restructure of their football operations department.

He is set to replace Dougie Freedman, who left Palace in March after spending eight years in the role at Selhurst Park.

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There is beef between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest after Evangelos Marinakis allegedly complained to UEFA about a breach of multi-club ownership rules, which ended up seeing the Eagles drop into the Conference League and the Reds replace them in the Europa League.

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CHELSEA chief Todd Boehly was seemingly told to get off his phone and watch the football in an awkward exchange with his wife that has gone viral on social media. Boehly, 51, was caught scrolling