CRYSTAL PALACE are set to announce Frank de Boer as their new manager after posting a video of white smoke coming out of a Caribbean takeaway.
The Dutchman is to be a popular choice amongst Eagles fans after over a three quarters of voters in SunSport’s exclusive poll want him as Sam Allardyce’s successor.
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De Boer will be unveiled on Monday after a clip posted by the club’s official Twitter account showed white smoke coming out of The Original Tasty Jerk takeaway – which just around the corner from Selhurst Park.
The video posted by Palace, who have announced a press conference on Monday at 2pm, mimics the way in which the Vatican confirms the announcement of a new pope.
The Premier League club tweeted the video with three smoke emojis on Monday morning.
With De Boer, 47, on the verge of being announced as Palace’s new boss, he is also set to become the club’s second foreign manager after Italian Attilio Lombardo in 1998.
It was exclusively revealed by The Sun that Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish had offered De Boer the hot seat at Selhurst Park.
De Boer’s twin brother Ronald said the former Inter Milan and Ajax boss is ‘very excited’ about becoming Palace’s new boss.
Ronald told talkSPORT: “He is very excited of course.
“I know they are talking and I think it’s just about little terms with the coaching staff etc, so I don’t see any problem, but of course it is not for me to say if it is a done deal.
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“It’s the biggest league – everybody knows it, everybody is watching the Premier League.
“You can do really something if you have the chance, because there is money involved and you can buy players.
“It is an interesting league to see what you are capable of, fitting a team (together) that is good enough for the Premier League.”
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