Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has erred on the side of caution following news that Millwall are

Rowett had been in charge at The Den for four years, having replaced Neil Harris in 2019 and came close to guiding the Lions to the Championship playoffs last season, eventually finishing eighth, one point behind sixth-place Sunderland.

However, results rapidly declined in the current campaign as Millwall sat 15th with four wins from their opening eleven matches in England’s second-tier before the board decided to pull the plug on the former Derby County manager’s time in the dugout.

On Halloween, journalist John Percy reported that Nathan Jones is being lined up as Millwall’s next manager, despite the club also being linked with former Queens Park Rangers boss Michael Beale and even Yokohama F. Marinos manager Kevin Muscat.