The FA are expected to name the current Sunderland manager as the new national team boss in the next 24 hours, following the resignation of Roy Hodgson after England’s Euro 2016 humiliation.
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HE’S CURRENTLY IN Hartlepool as his Sunderland side play a pre-season friendly at Victoria Park tonight but the game looks like being Sam Allardyce’s last official engagement as the club’s manager.
Sky Sports News understands talks have already taken place with Moyes, with Sunderland keen to have a contingency plan in place should the FA plump for Allardyce over Hull boss Steve Bruce.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe and US coach Jurgen Klinsmann have also been linked with the vacant England role – and the Daily Telegraph claims a third “mystery candidate” has been interviewed.
FA chief executive Martin Glenn declined to put a time frame on the search during an interview with BBC Sport earlier on Wednesday (20 July), but did admit that they were “getting close”.
It added: “We share in the anger and frustration of our supporters and would like to assure them that we are working to conclude the matter in the best interests of Sunderland AFC”. Apparently there are some other candidates who are there too and to be in the mix I am highly flattered because any Englishman worth their salt would be extremely, extremely proud to be England manager.
Sam Allardyce will be England’s new manager, according to multiple reports.
“Why is that? We need to understand it better”. But he also inspires little confidence that England will be able to challenge the top teams in the world, like Wales and Northern Ireland, anytime soon.
Ahead of the World Cup qualifiers in September, Glenn said: ‘Everyone we have spoken to about the job is massively enthusiastic about the prospects for England. Is three weeks a long period of time? Significantly such a job description will be of vast appeal to Allardyce.
As well as Sunderland, Allardyce has also managed Bolton, Newcastle and West Ham in recent years.
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Allardyce led Sunderland to Premier League safety last season just nine months after taking over the reins at the Stadium of Light.
