Crystal Palace have appointed former England manager Roy Hodgson as their new boss following the dismissal of Frank de Boer.
De Boer departed on Monday, only 77 days into a three-year contract, after Palace became the first team in England's top division to lose their opening four league fixtures without scoring since Preston 93 years ago.
Hodgson, who was also approached when Sam Allardyce was appointed to succeed Alan Pardew at Palace in December, takes on his first managerial role since resigning from the England post after Euro 2016.
The 70-year-old last worked in the Premier League with West Brom in 2012 before leaving to become England manager.
A year earlier he had inspired them, as he did similarly relegation-threatened Fulham in 2007-08, to survival.
Roy Hodgson has been appointed as the new manager of Crystal Palace FC
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Between his time at Fulham and West Brom, Hodgson had an unsuccessful spell at Liverpool that lasted only six months.
Born in Croydon, Hodgson spent three years on Palace's books as a young defender in the 1960s before leaving without making an appearance.
He told the official Palace website: "This is very much the club of my boyhood, and I remember in my youth watching the club from the terraces at the Holmesdale Road end which gave me such fond memories.
"In those days I had dreams of playing for the team, then as a coach you think about coaching the team, and a lot has happened in between times.
"It is very rewarding to find myself here now, in different times, as the Palace manager at a club that I have always loved and admired with a huge potential.
"We are the club of south London, with an enormously large fanbase. The ambitions here are realistic, there is an enormous potential for growth and I hope we can achieve our goals."
Allardyce, who resigned from Palace in May, said on Monday that he had been contacted about a return to Selhurst Park but told chairman Steve Parish he was not interested in the vacancy.
"I spoke to Steve and said, for me, I wouldn't be ready to come back," he told Sky Sports. "I wouldn't be comfortable at this moment in time taking a position as a football manager.
"I'm enjoying my life too much at this moment, watching everyone else have the weight of pressure, and there's certainly huge pressure as we've seen with Frank going so early."
Former Palace caretaker boss Ray Lewington will again link up with Hodgson as assistant manager, while a new first-team coach will be announced shortly.
Speaking to Palace TV, Hodgson was adamant his new side can shrug off their dismal start to the season.
He said: "I don't honestly believe that there is necessarily a lot that needs to be done.
"You can always get off to a bad start, [but] what we've got to remember is our fate will be decided after 38 games, not four.
"We've got to work hard to get back on track but I know that my attitude is shared by the players and it is my job to let them know what I want from them.''
Information from the Press Association was used in this report.
El martes, el ex técnico del equipo de fútbol de , , firmó un contrato de dos años con el club de fútbol  de , anunció el club a través de su sitio web oficial.

Hodgson, de 70 años, tiene casi cuarenta años como director de fútbol y ha dirigido a quince clubes y cuatro países. Ha dirigido cuatro clubes de la  - ,   y , con un 34,72% de porcentaje de victorias en la Premier League. En 2011, ayudó a West Bromwich a evitar el descenso y, hace un año, ayudó a Fulham a llegar a la final de la . Hodgson se encargó de dirigir Inglaterra. En la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2014, Inglaterra fue eliminado en la fase de grupos, y el año pasado, tras la derrota por 2-1 contra  en la , Roy Hodgson anunció renuncia del puesto. Hodgson ha ganado siete títulos de liga sueca, dos copas suecas y un título de liga en Suiza y Dinamarca.

Después de firmar el acuerdo, Hodgson dijo: "Esto es mucho el club de mi infancia y recuerdo en mi juventud viendo el club de las terrazas en el final de Holmesdale Road que me dio recuerdos tan buenos. para el equipo, entonces como entrenador piensas en entrenar al equipo y muchas cosas han sucedido entre épocas ". Respecto al mal comienzo de la temporada, Hodgson dijo: "No creo honestamente que necesariamente hay mucho que hacer, siempre se puede salir mal, lo que tenemos que recordar es nuestro destino será decidido después de 38 juegos, no cuatro. "

El contrato de tres años de su predecesor  fue terminado un día antes, después de su cuarta derrota consecutiva en la Premier League inglesa. Crystal Palace aún no ha marcado un gol, y actualmente es el decimonoveno en la tabla de clasificación. Hodgson es ahora el manager permanente más antiguo de la Premier League. También es el séptimo director de Crystal Palace en los últimos seis años.

El primer partido de Hodgson como director del Crystal Palace es el partido como visitante ante el Southampton FC, que está programado para mañana.