Tony Pulis v Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace want to reclaim £1m bonus paid to Albion boss Tony Pulis

Albion boss Tony Pulis is being taken to an independent tribunal by former club Crystal Palace over a bonus paid to the Welshman believed to be in the region of £1 million.

The London club want to reclaim the money, paid to Pulis for keeping Palace in the Premier League in the 2013/14 season.

Palace claim the bonus depended on the manager staying until the first competitive game of the next season, but the 58-year-old famously left the club just two days before their opener against Arsenal.

According to the Mail on Sunday, the case will be heard next month by an independent tribunal set up under FA rules to avoid football disputes going to court.

It will centre around whether Pulis left by mutual consent or of his own accord.

At the time it was reported that the manager had disagreed with Palace chairman Steve Parish about their policy in the summer transfer window.

Pulis, who has been at Albion just over a year, would like to bring players into the club this January transfer window but Baggies chairman Jeremy Peace is not so keen.

After Saturday’s disappointing defeat at Southampton, Pulis said: “Jeremy Peace has run this football club very diligently over ten years.

“The club is not in debt, the infrastructure is absolutely first class and he's made that a priorit