West Brom manager Tony Pulis ordered to pay former club Crystal Palace £3.5mil over 'survival clause'

West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis has been ordered to pay his former club Crystal Palace £3.5million after losing a legal battle over a relegation payment, according to reports.

Pulis was reportedly paid a bonus of £2million after he kept the team in the Premier League at the end of the 2013-14 season.

Pulis had taken over at Selhurst Park with the club in the relegation zone, but after being paid the bonus for keeping them up as 11th-placed finishers he left before the start of the next season after reporteddisagreements over player recruitment.

The Guardian reported Pulis was scheduled to receive the payment by the end of August 2014 and received it in advance after requesting it be brought forward.

Palace took the case to mediation under an independent tribunal, convened by the Premier League and brought under Football Association rules aimed at preventing disputes ending up in the court.

The sum is reported to include a £1million fine from the Premier League and the legal costs of both Pulis and Palace.

Neither party is allowed to comment on the case under the confidential terms of the arbitration, according to reports.