Sam Allardyce will be offered the England manager’s job in the next 24 hours
Sunderland boss chosen ahead of Steve Bruce and Eddie Howe to lead the Three Lions
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SAM ALLARDYCE will be offered £5million to take England to the World Cup.
But the FA want him to develop the England stars of the future and prove he should be in the job for the long haul.
Big Sam, 61, could be named as the new Three Lions manager as early as today.
The Sunderland boss has been chosen by Wembley chiefs as the man to restore England’s reputation after their mauling at Euro 2016 under Roy Hodgson.
His deal — thought to be for two years through to Russia 2018 — will be incentive-based, with the prospect of a more lucrative one to 2020 should he be successful.
The FA have still to thrash out details of Allardyce’s departure from Sunderland and club owner Ellis Short is unhappy about the way the selection process has been conducted.
He will not make the FA’s life easy but Allardyce does have a get-out clause in his contract on Wearside.
FA chief executive Martin Glenn spelled out the qualities needed in the next England boss before SunSport revealed on its website that Allardyce had the job on a £2.5m-a-year deal.
Glenn said: “The new manager’s got to be someone who can inspire people to get the best out of themselves, build resilience and unashamedly adopt the kind of psychological techniques other sports and other football teams have done.
“I want someone to come in to the England role to really work with not just the senior team but to make sure all the great work with the Under-16s, 17s, 18s — look at how well the Under-19s are doing now — and to knit all that together.
“We want someone to do a great job for the England national team but as well make sure all the development teams are laddering up to some- thing more effective.”
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Allardyce was at Hartlepool’s Victoria Park last night to take charge of a pre-season Sunderland game — but he left the ground at 9pm.
The Black Cats were 3-0 up at that stage after two goals from Jermain Defoe and one from Wahbi Khazri.
But after changing his entire XI for a scoreless second half, Big Sam did not reappear in the dugout after the break, having also ducked the media before the game.
His exit from Sunderland means Short is now searching for his seventh manager in five years.
And the out-of-work David Moyes is top of the Texan’s shortlist.
The Scot, 53, has already been sounded out and IS interested in the Stadium of Light job.
Short and CEO Martin Bain will now hold further talks with Moyes.
If they fail to agree a deal, they will turn to ex-Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini.
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