Wales manager Chris Coleman not interested in Crystal Palace job

Wales boss Chris Coleman says he has no interest in replacing Sam Allardyce as Crystal Palace manager.

Coleman, speaking after naming four new faces in a training squad ahead of next month's World Cup Qualifier with Serbia, has been linked with a move back into club management at Selhurst Park.

The 46-year-old, a Palace player between 1991 and 1995, has said previously he would like to take control at a club side once more.

He still has a year of his deal with the FAW to run but having previously knocked back opportunities at Swansea and Hull, Coleman maintains his focus remains on his country.

He joked: "I'm happy to talk about the Palace. I'd love to go back to the Palace but I'm not sure Prince Charles is ready for me just yet.

"I had a good time at the Palace but I'm only thinking about Serbia. That's all I'm thinking about, that's all I care about. All I care about now is Wales.

"I don't think about after Serbia, I can't afford to think past one game. Lots of things have been said off the back of comments I made at the start of the campaign when I signed a new contract.

"But honestly, I cannot go into a game of football thinking: 'If we lose…' I've never thought like that. It's about making sure our boys perform like they have been. We're not far off."

Coleman will be without the talismanic Gareth Bale in Belgrade as he serves a one-match suspension following his yellow card in Wales' last game against the Republic of Ireland in March.

The manager maintains his team can cope with that though and added: "We've known for some time he's not going to be with us, it's not been sprung on us.

"The worst one is when you get a phone call when you are expecting someone to be there and it ends up they can't be there but we've seen this one coming for some months.

"We probably dealt with the disappointment some time ago. It's good for us as well. When you have a player that good, everybody wants to talk about that player and rightly so, he's earned that.

"But it's a good challenge for us being without him on the pitch. Can we handle it? We've done it before.

"We went to Belgium once with no Gareth Bale, no Ashley Williams, no Joe Allen - and we got a result. On the night, Aaron Ramsey was incredible, he ran the show.

"People are prepared to step up, I'm quite confident of that. Ideally you want your best players on the pitch but I've had a lot of time to plan.

"I've total belief in my players. Are they capable of doing what they need to do? Absolutely. There's no worries."