13 July,2016 08:06 AM IST | | PA Sport
Sam Allardyce has been singled out as a prime candidate for the England manager's job by former boss David Gold
Sam Allardyce
London: Sam Allardyce has been singled out as a prime candidate for the England manager's job by former boss David Gold.
Sam Allardyce
Sunderland manager Allardyce is favourite to succeed Roy Hodgson, who resigned after England's shock Euro 2016 exit to Iceland.
West Ham co-chairman Gold believes 61-year-old would make the ideal replacement.
"I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him," Gold told BBC Radio 5 live. "He is determined, he is ambitious. He's been in the business a long time. I think the most important thing from my point of view is that he's English."
Allardyce has yet to be contacted by the Football Association over the role amid reports that he would be interviewed this week.
Allardyce left his club's training camp in Austria as speculation mounted he has been identified as one of a series of candidates to replace Hodgson, although Press Association Sport understands his departure is connected to a potential signing.
Jurgen Klinsmann and Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe also figure in the list drawn up by the FA's technical director Dan Ashworth, chief executive Martin Glenn and vice-chairman David Gill.
