EPL: Iain Moody quits Crystal Palace after 'racist, sexist texts' claims

London Iain Moody resigned as sporting director of Premier League side Crystal Palace on Thursday after a file alleging misconduct during his time with Cardiff was sent by the Welsh club to the Football AssociationIain MoodyAccording to a report in Britains Daily Mail the file alleges that both Moody and Malky Mackay who was sacked as Cardiff manager by Malaysian owner Vincent Tan in December 2013 sent a series of racist sexist and homophobic text messages to one another during their time with the Welsh sideTwo months after Mackays departure his righthand man Moody was fired by Cardiff going on to join Palaces management staffA Palace statement issued Thursday said In light of the events of yesterday sporting director Iain Moody has tendered his resignation and it has been accepted with immediate effect There will be no further comment from the club on this matterThe Mail reported the dossier had come to light after Cardiff engaged Londonbased law firm Mischon de Reya whose investigators obtained a High Court writ to enter Moodys house in Balham south London where they seized work computers and phones Caretaker manager Keith Millen who will take charge of Palaces Premier League clash at home to West Ham on Saturday said Moodys exit would be a blow to the south London clubIain was brought in to do a job to recruit and scout players and Iain was experienced at that job Millen said The chairman will now have to look at that situation to see whether he wants to bring someone inMoodys departure would appear to have closed the door on Mackay succeeding Tony Pulis as Palace manager Mackays good track record Millen a candidate for the fulltime post himself said Mackay would have been wellsuited to taking charge at Selhurst Park Malky has got a good track record I think hes used to working with players that want to work hard for him Millen explainedThe way he set his teams up they were successful and organised And thats our DNA as a club and a squad to make sure we work hard for each other theres a great togetherness in the groupMackay guided Cardiff to the Premier League after a 51year absence from English footballs top flight but that didnt stop Tan sacking both him and Moody Cardiff on Thursday declined to make any public comment on the dossier and the matter is now in the hands of the FAThe FA has confirmed it has received a detailed account of issues related to Mackay and Moody An FA spokesman said The FA can confirm it is currently investigating this matter Other candidates to fill the managerial vacancy at Palace include former Norwich and Newcastle boss Chris Hughton as well as Tim Sherwood previously in charge of Tottenham HotspurAfter he was sacked by Cardiff Mackay launched a Acircpound75million 124 million 94 million euros legal claim against Tan for compensation but dropped the claim in May and apologised to the Bluebirds owner Earlier this week Palace were fined by the Premier League for their part in the spygate saga involving Cardiff last AprilThe Premier League determined that Palace had breached their good faith rule by obtaining information about Cardiffs team ahead of their 30 win when the two clubs were relegation rivalsThe Welsh club had complained to the Premier League that Moody had contacted Cardiff employees for information in the buildup to the game Millen added Each day something has unfolded something has come out so its been difficult I had a brief chat with the players about staying focused and the lads have been fine they are resilient as a group