Crystal Palace administrator Brendan Guilfoyle is running the club by text - even manager Neil Warnock struggles to speak to him.

The Yorkshireman revealed yesterday that he has more contact with Guilfoyle via text message than he does in person or on the phone, with the man from The P&A Partnership busy trying to sell the club.

Speaking yesterday (Tuesday), Warnock said: "I wanted to speak to him yesterday which he couldn't do.

"I got a text from him today and I asked him if I could speak to him tomorrow, which he couldn't do, or Thursday, which he couldn't do.

"So he is going to try and speak to me later on today.

"I am always on the end of a phone, I don't understand how you can have a conversation by text but it is one of those things I have got to get used to.

"I don't think he does it on purpose, I think he does it with everybody, it is just the way he is."

Guilfoyle has told Warnock he is hoping to open the door for one of three potential buyers currently leading the chase to own the club to begin the process of taking over very soon.

"He is telling me that by the end of this month he is going to give one of them the right to go ahead and buy it and deposit whatever amount they have to deposit," he said.

"He said he has had more than 30 people approach him about buying it and that he has three serious people involved.

"I know a couple of the lads involved with the consortium group.

"They are massive fans but they don't really want to buy the club, they just want to make sure it keeps going and I think it is fantastic to have fans like that, like Steve Parish.

"It's great what they want to do."