"Because that is what I stand for and what I like - building a team, working with young players."That is what I have discussed with our owner - trying to make Fulham a club that can play a big role in the Premier League rather than just in the relegation fight."It's a nice challenge."Some of the club's veterans such as Scott Parker, Steve Sidwell and John Arne Riise may be moved aside to make way for fresh blood coming through.Magath, however, insisted it is too soon to make decisions on who will be leaving the club and believes it will be important to maintain a degree of experience in the new set-up."I take care of the younger players but if you want to build a team you can't only have young players, you need some experience too even if it is based on young players," Magath said."For me, [players' futures] was not on the agenda until last weekend because it was more important to think about the end of the season."Now we have to speak to the players who want to stay and have contracts."We have to find out which ones will be here and which ones will leave us and we will start that in the next few days."Kostas Mitroglou could return to Fulham's starting line-up as they look to salvage some pride in their final game.Meanwhile, Tony Pulis has offered no guarantees that he will still be in charge at Crystal Palace next season.The Eagles face Fulham as they bring the curtain down on a remarkable campaign, in which Pulis has hauled them from the bottom three in November to mid-table.But the Selhurst Park boss will hold talks with chairman Steve Parish next week and wants assurances about the direction of the club before deciding whether the trip to Craven Cottage will be his last game at the helm."Will I be here next season? I hope so," he said
"I've got two years left on my contract but there are managers with longer than that who get the sack, so you can never say I'm going to be here 100 per cent."I think there are certain things that should be done at football clubs to enable them to be successful."The club has a window of opportunity, the best opportunity the club has had for a long, long time to actually go forth and improve on and off the pitch."I had a smashing meeting with Steve on Thursday
We'll get the game out of the way on Sunday and Steve will have spoken to the other directors about my thoughts about moving the club on, and we will all be having dinner again next week when no doubt those discussions will go on further."You can't stop speculation and people saying he's going to do this or that
The two most important people at a club are the chairman and the manager
My relationship with Steve has grown stronger and stronger the longer I have been at the club."Pulis will have a fully-fit squad at Fulham after striker Cameron Jerome recovered from the illness which kept him out of the 3-3 draw with Liverpool on Monday
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