According to Sky Sports, this is supposed to happen in the next 24 hours.
According to the English source, Sam Allardyce will be appointed to replace the resigned coach Roy Hodgson on Thursday’s FA meeting, which begins at 10:00 a.m., Sunderland has responded with a statement that he still has obligations to the club, but now they are looking for replacement, which should be for former coach of Bolton and West Ham David Moyes.
Allardyce and Hull manager Steve Bruce were two main candidates to take over representation by Hodgson and the two met this week with the English Football Association FA. Allardyce was shortlisted for the job ten years ago, but then the FA opted for Steve McClaren.
Executive Director Glenn Martin FA also confirmed that the twelve-membered FA Board will provide information on the search for a new manager on Thursday, 07/21. Glenn, Vice-chairman David Gill and technical director Dan Ashworth have been given the task of recommending appropriate manager for England at the end of Euro 2016. Hodgson resigned from the team after the defeat with Iceland 2-1 in the round of 16 of the European Championship.
“It’s been three weeks since the hunt started and we’re making good progress. We’re clear about what we’re looking for and we’ve interviewed a handful of people.We’re after the best man for the job and we’ve got to get that right. We’ve got to have covered all of the alternatives before we make our decision. Everyone we have spoken to about the job has been massively enthusiastic. We don’t want a short-term solution for a couple of years, we want someone to work alongside the development teams in terms of giving them a ladder,” – said Glenn.
According to other information German football coach Jürgen Klinsmann was also considered as a potential England manager. However, he currently trains the representation of the United States and cannot withdraw from his contract.
Allardyce’s appointment will probably change playing style of England, which aims for possession of the ball. Teams of “Big Sam” are not used for the high statistics in terms of possession, accuracy of passes and the number of short passes. West Ham ended up in these statistics on the thirteenth, sixteenth and sixteenth place last year while nearly relegated Sunderland had it was even worse – the nineteenth, the eighteenth and nineteenth place. After last year’s winning over West Ham and Sunderland Allardyce said himself that the ball possession means nothing for him, and the main thing is to get the ball as quickly as possible into the opposition box.
Allardyce has results. He does not reach them every week, but this is also related to his resources at his disposal. Instead at looking at the percentage of victories, it is to be noted that any club that the manager took , finished on a higher position in the final table than before.
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