Warnock took over as manager at Selhurst Park in October 2007
Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock says he will not let speculation about his future affect his team ahead of their FA Cup replay against Aston Villa.
Warnock has been linked with Queens Park Rangers, while financial problems have put Palace in administration.
He sees Wednesday's fifth round replay as the "icing on the cake" but is more concerned with Championship survival.
"We are in a mess but we have got to get enough points to stay up. That is the challenge now," added Warnock.
Palace are third from bottom of the Championship table, having been automatically docked 10 points in January for going into administration.
The club cannot make any new signings after a Football League transfer embargo - the club's second of the season - was imposed in November.
And Palace have also been refused special dispensation to sign a player before the replay against Villa.
Warnock has already booked his hotel room for Saturday's trip to mid-table Doncaster and believes the match is more important to the club than the Cup replay.
"The Cup is icing on the cake. To get Villa and then a replay is all good news for the club," he said.
"The lads have done fantastic. They know I think Doncaster is far more important, but Villa is important because of the finances."
Victory against Villa could make Palace a more attractive proposition to any buyer.
Warnock revealed Palace's administrator Brendan Guilfoyle has been in talks with three "serious" potential purchasers but admitted the club's plight is "disappointing and frustrating".
"There are lots of times when I am down, but not around the players," said Warnock, who replaced Peter Taylor as Palace manager in October 2007.
"We are all in the same boat. We're all feeling a bit sorry for ourselves. But we've got to get into our mindset that we are not going for promotion - we are scrapping to stay in the league."
Warnock was asked by the Football Association to explain the comments he made after Palace's 2-2 draw against Villa in the original fifth-round tie.
The former Sheffield United boss called for assistant referee Trevor Massey to be "suspended for a long time" for incorrectly awarding a corner that led to the Birmingham side scoring a late equaliser.
The winner of the replay faces a quarter-final trip to Reading or West Bromwich Albion on 7 March.
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