Pardew: I want to stay at Palace

Pardew became the Crystal palace boss back in January 2015, when he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal after leaving Newcastle.

In his first season, he led Palace to a 10th place Premier League finish, however, this year has seriously struggled, with the club finding themselves slipping from 5th to their current position of 16th.

"Once we're safe hopefully I'll sign a new contract here, because I want to stay," said Pardew, who spent four years playing at the club from 1987.

Palace beat Norwich at the weekend, which was their first league win since late December, which explains how they managed to drop so far down the table.

"We weren't expecting that run to go on as long as it went on," Pardew added.

"The first half of this season we got it right, but the second we haven't. We need to address that. The confidence levels, hopefully, have gone up, and our nervousness has disappeared."

Palace will next face Everton, with the club hoping to secure Premier League survival in the few remaining fixtures.