DONE DEAL FA to name Sam Allardyce as England boss this afternoon after agreeing compensation with Sunderland Black Cats to receive £3million pay-out with Big Sam now clear to be announced as boss EXCLUSIVE BY DUNCAN WRIGHT 22nd July 2016, 1:43 pm NOW SHARE please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image 0W COMMENT THE Football Association have agreed a £3million compensation deal with Sunderland and will name Sam Allardyce as the new England boss later today. FA officials have spent the past two days thrashing out terms with the Black Cats after deciding Allardyce was the man they wanted to replace Roy Hodgson. please log in to view this image NORTH NEWS AND PICTURES 1 Sam Allardyce arrived at Sunderland training this morning before the club agreed a compensation deal with the FA And they reached a final agreement this morning – paving the way for them to formally install the 61-year-old as new Three Lions manager this afternoon. He will be handed a two-year deal and challenged with leading the country to the World Cup in Russia in 2018 and deliver a better display than his predecessor at Euro 2016 and World Cup 2014.
I 13:48 BREAKING NEWS Steve Bruce is in talks with Hull City over his future. There are reports suggesting that he has left the club. oh dear
Well if he walked away a week or two ago then his chances of getting the England job would have increased significantly, the daft get!
I hope it's way wrong, but I'm hearing that Bruce is right in the running to become Sunderland manager again, and the whispers are getting louder...
I'll be on suicide watch, as a neutral observer to this board I feel it's my duty. Roll call at 9am every day.
I hope it's wrong, mate. I still can't really believe it could happen. It's what I'm hearing though..
Just think the timing is a coincidence. Of course people will be linking him, too easy and convenient not to.
