Crystal Palace announced on Saturday that Iain Moody has been appointed as sporting director at the club following his controversial dismissal by Cardiff City.

Moody was sacked as head of recruitment at Cardiff by Malaysian owner Vincent Tan last month and replaced by Alisher Apsalyamov, a 23-year-old Kazakh with no previous top-level football experience.

Moody had previously worked alongside Cardiff coach Malky Mackay at Watford and Palace co-chairman Steve Parish believes he will aid the London club in their bid to climb off the foot of the Premier League table.

"I think the whole area of our recruitment is essential at a football club," Parish told the BBC.

"Iain's got great experience, working with Malky Mackay at Watford and latterly Cardiff, with great success as well. Iain will be responsible for all areas of player recruitment. The chief scout will report into him. He'll work directly with me and with the new manager, when he's appointed."

Palace have been without a manager since the departure of Ian Holloway by mutual consent last month, with Keith Millen currently looking after first-team affairs on a temporary basis.