Bostock fiasco pushes Palace chief Jordan over the edge

Jordan hit out following a Football League tribunal decision ruled that his club will receive a maximum of £1.25million from Tottenham for the talented teenager.

Spurs were told last week to pay an initial fee of only £700,000, with the rest based on appearances. Chairman Jordan claims that is the equivalent of 'a packet of crisps'.

Jordan: Disillusioned with football

He wanted a £2m downpayment plus £2.5m based on appearances for a midfielder he rates as the best to come through his club's ranks in a decade.

He claims Europe's biggest clubs were interested in Bostock and feels let down by a tribunal which seems to have ruled in favour of Premier League Spurs.

Jordan said: 'Without a shadow of a doubt, this is my last year. I've taken the club as far as I can. It's my specific intention to find a buyer this season.

'I will do nothing to affect manager Neil Warnock and I will be absolutely committed to the club and I will find a responsible buyer. I'm not de-motivated by my team, manager or fans - I'm thoroughly proud of my club.

'But I've been disillusioned with football for a long time. I watch one team. That's Palace and I've missed one league game in eight years.

'I've had battles since my first day here, with clubs, managers, the players and the establishment. I kept my sanity by pumping millions of pounds into my academy, feeling the saving grace was finding players who would be chomping at the bit and honoured to play in the first team.

'That's been taken away from me now, as Bostock, one of the best players my academy's produced in the last 10 years, has just been sold for a packet of crisps.

'He was the gem of gems and had Barcelona and Man United courting him. I got £700,000 by the tribunal - the system that is meant to represent me.

'I was fighting on my own against people who are supposed to defend me - so I thought, "what the hell am I doing here?" It'll happen again next time we produce a player. But I won't be around to see it.'

Big future: John Bostock

Jordan has talked about selling Palace before and knows his outspoken ways have made his eight years in the game bumpy, but he is serious about going - and unrepentant.

He said: 'I understand some of my battles have been self-inflicted but all I've done is fight for my club and refuse to be ridden roughshod over.

'I've allowed my reputation to be tarnished and my personality to be tarnished, just because I speak my mind. I'm constantly criticised for being outspoken - but I'm just honest.

'I've taken invasions into my private life and I've taken the pressure of leading this club, putting money in, for eight years. I've put in around £39m and I feel I've done my bit.'