Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish believes manager Roy Hodgson is key to ensuring the long-term success of the club.

"He can help our football club, in my opinion, beyond just the first XI and into the future. I do hope we can maintain a very long relationship with Roy because he is a fantastic football person, very level-headed and he brings a lot to the football club," Parish said.

"Staying in this division is ground zero, but of course we've got a few things that we haven't had in recent years, like stability, we've gone through a summer with a manager - I've managed to keep a manager for the summer - and the place feels really good.

"But we know that's sometimes when things can come to bite you. We're really not complacent, we're working super hard, and going to give this season our best shot to at least have less stress this season."

"He is very happy at the football club, he started his career there, there's this lovely synergy, maybe he'll end his career there - I don't want to write his career off! But maybe this will be home for him, we certainly hope it is," Parish added.

"There's not many managers where you go to away to a club and they're singing his name on the terraces while we're beating them. We were at Craven Cottage with Fulham and they were singing his name on the terraces, so this is a massively-respected figure in football."