Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish denies rift with manager Ian Holloway

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has denied reports suggesting of a breakdown between him and manager Ian Holloway.

Reports has indicated that the pair had fallen out over the summer due to the Eagles' transfer policy, but Parish termed the speculation as "ridiculous".

He told the London Evening Standard : "I can't give it a moment's credibility. It's ridiculous, there is just no grounds to any of it.

"Ian is our manager. We are very happy for Ian to be our manager. We all have a great working relationship and we're focused on one thing, the retention of our status in the league.

"I regularly go down to the training ground; there is no problem at all. Ian wants to stay here and build something. Right now we couldn't be more together as a group of people and couldn't be more focused on the goals that we've got."