Alan Pardew has rejected claims he received £100,000 from ADO Den Haag for avoiding relegation.

The former Premier League manager found out on Friday that the Eredivise season had been scrapped amid the coronavirus pandemic with his side seven points from safety.

No one was crowned champion and no teams were promoted or relegated which meant Pardrew was due a reward.

'When I signed for ADO there was a bonus clause in my contract for avoiding relegation, however, the figure is not the one being reported by the press,' said Pardew, in a statement released on Sunday.

'These clauses are standard practice in the majority of managers' contracts around the world.

'It was my understanding that this clause would only be activated if we had finished the season and ADO had avoided relegation.

'However, on a technicality issue with regard to the way the Dutch season ended, I was informed ADO intended to pay the bonus.

'I immediately contacted the club and told them not to pay me the money and to either give it to the non-playing staff at the club or donate it to Holland's health service to help in their efforts to beat COVID-19.'

ADO's place in Eredivise next season comes at the expense of Cambuur Leeuwarden, who were the leaders of the second-tier Keuken Kampioen division and are furious that they were denied promotion.

'I can't understand it,' said the club's director, Ard de Graaf. 'It feels very unjust.' He said the club was considering its position.