Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew has explained leaving Newcastle United last season.

It was a big decision for Pardew to swap Newcastle for Palace and one heavily based on the rival clubs' contrasting transfer policies.

"Of course I questioned my sanity at times because Newcastle is a big, big club," he said.

"But the timing was right for me and Newcastle to say 'okay, you go down a different road now and let me go down a different road'.

"And (Palace chairman) Steve Parish's assurances on the transfer situation were key to me coming here. He said I would have full control over transfers.

"The way transfers were done at Newcastle I didn't entirely agree with and I didn't want that here. That was one of the big reasons I came."