Alan Pardew fired by Crystal Palace, and Sam Allardyce already has an interview scheduled

Crystal Palace’s improved performances against very tough opponents did not buy Alan Pardew any more time. Despite their decent showings in losses to Manchester United and Chelsea, they were still losses, bringing Palace to within one point of the drop zone. On Thursday, Pardew was fired by the club.

Recently, Pardew had been haunted by the ghost of Sam Allardyce at Selhurst Park. Allardyce is the favorite to take over, and has a meeting scheduled with Palace’s chairman.

This incredible individual effort by PSG’s Thomas Meunier. (r/soccer)

Hugo Lloris has a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur until 2022. (Cartilage Free Captain)

Dieter Hecking is the new manager of Borussia Mönchengladbach. (Borussia)

Chelsea assistant manager Steve Holland is taking a full-time job with England after eight years with the Blues. (Guardian)

Thiago Silva has a new PSG contract until 2020. (PSG)

MLS has announced all of its home openers for 2017. (MLS)

Count the number of times Sino-Europe Sports says they can’t give more information about their finances or their purchase of AC Milan in this story. (Football Italia)

Ryan O’Hanlon on Chelsea probably already winning the Premier League. (The Ringer)

Peterjohn Cresswell on the bar named for Hungary’s most famous result, a 6-3 win over England at Wembley Stadium in 1953. (Paste)

David Conn on Notts County’s hope for the future after a takeover. (Guardian)

Bayern Munich took control of the Bundesliga, steamrolling RB Leipzig.

Barcelona coasted into the next round of Copa del Rey despite resting their stars. (Barca Blaugranes)

Serie A: 6 games (2:45 p.m. ET) -- Fiorentina-Napoli is the best of the bunch.

Liga MX: América vs. Tigres (9:30 p.m.) -- América might be a little flat after a trip to Japan.