Sam Allardyce wants to return to Leeds in new role despite being sacked after Premier League relegation
SAM ALLARDYCE wanted to stay at Leeds in an “upstairs” role and help the club find their next young manager.
Allardyce failed to save them from relegation as boss but was keen to carry on as a general manager or director of football.
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Leeds are looking for an off-field figure after Victor Orta’s departure and Allardyce thinks he could fill that role.
The Whites are considering West Brom boss Carlos Corberan and Carlos Carvalhal after his good work at Sheffield Wednesday.
“Big Sam” was parachuted in at Elland Road with Leeds already staring down the barrel of relegation.
Allardyce had previously performed miracles in ensuring Crystal Palace and Sunderland avoided the drop.
However, he was unable to win a single game at the helm, with Leeds’ relegation to the Championship being confirmed on the final day.
The former West Ham boss earned a staggering £20,000 per day at the club.
He would have also received a cool £3million if he had managed to extend Leeds’ Premier League status beyond the summer.
His 25-day stint means he now holds the record for the shortest time in charge of a Prem club.
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Since leaving his post, he has gone to war with Manchester United legend Roy Keane.
Keane had said: “I can’t imagine Big Sam wanting to go back to the Championship. Not with his ego.”
But the former England boss went on William Hill’s No Tippy Tappy Football to discuss his stint with the Yorkshire side.
Addressing Keane’s comments, he said: “You mean my ego is bigger than Roy’s? There’s nobody with a bigger ego than Roy. That’s some statement coming from him.
“He mistakes ego for experience and confidence, and the ability to do the job, which was much better than Roy did [as a manager] wasn’t it?
“I managed in the Championship at Bolton where we got in the play-offs and got into the Premier League in 2001.
“I did what I’ve done at Leeds with West Ham where I was there in the first year where we got relegated and then got back into the Premier League through the play-offs, and that was a lot of work.”