Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock admits he had contact with the club last season before the appointment of Tony Pulis.
Warnock is back for a second stint at Palace, after managing the Selhurst Park club between 2007 and 2010.
He said he was "not bothered" to be Palace's third choice.
"Before Tony came there was a possibility that he wasn't going to come and we talked then but then he changed his mind and they did fantastically," said Warnock.
"So Steve (Parish) has always known that I am available.
"I didn't really have to tell him.
"It's just he just had to go through the candidates like he did.
"He said he never offered it to anybody beforehand and if I'm honest I'm not really bothered or what the betting was."
