Allardyce agrees deal to become Everton manager - Sky Sports

 

Britain Football Soccer - Manchester United v Crystal Palace - Premier League - Old Trafford - 21/5/17 Sam Allardyce watches the match; Action Images via Reuters / Jason Cairnduff Livepic

 

(Reuters) - Former England boss Sam Allardyce has agreed a deal to become the manager of Premier League club Everton, Sky Sports reported on Wednesday, citing sources.

 

Allardyce, 63, stepped in to rescue struggling Crystal Palace from relegation midway through last season but resigned before the start of the current campaign.

 

He will replace Dutchman Ronald Koeman at Everton.

 

Everton sacked Koeman last month after a poor start to the season and placed their under-23 coach David Unsworth in temporary charge, but results have not improved and the club are currently one place above the relegation zone.

 

The Merseysiders, who host fellow strugglers West Ham United on Wednesday, are in 17th place with 12 points from 13 games after three wins, three draws and seven defeats.

 

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)

 

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Could be an interesting appointment. I fancy Sam to get a rebirth, getting the blue scum to a respectable position and building on it. Good appointment.

6 hours ago, BangrakBob said:

The bottom 7 clubs in the EPL now all with British MAnagers 

My club are in 6th with an English manager

5 hours ago, fasteddie said:

My club are in 6th with an English manager

And the best of luck to them. I was at Turf Moor in 1968 v Spurs and the great Jimmy Greaves wad playing that night

This means goodbye to any attractive football at Goodison in the immediate future. Look forward to 9 players behind the ball !!!!!!! 

Good luck to the season ticket holders

Just now, Jonnapat said:

This means goodbye to any attractive football at Goodison in the immediate future. Look forward to 9 players behind the ball !!!!!!! 

Good luck to the season ticket holders

The bench won't look very attractive either....that lot would scare babies!

21 minutes ago, Jonnapat said:

This means goodbye to any attractive football at Goodison in the immediate future. Look forward to 9 players behind the ball !!!!!!! 

Good luck to the season ticket holders

I disagree. He handles quality players well. At Bolton he rejuvenated Okocha, Djorkaeff, Anelka and plenty others. 

He's only in the job a matter of hours and Rooney gets a hat trick.?

5 hours ago, fasteddie said:

My club are in 6th with an English manager

And what a manager he is, and testament to the running of the club. 

16 minutes ago, champers said:

I disagree. He handles quality players well. At Bolton he rejuvenated Okocha, Djorkaeff, Anelka and plenty others. 

He's only in the job a matter of hours and Rooney gets a hat trick.?

The Rooney hat trick is irrelevant. Past facts are that Allardyce can keep teams up at the expense of any semblance of attractive football which is what supporters of any club go to see

1 hour ago, champers said:

I disagree. He handles quality players well. At Bolton he rejuvenated Okocha, Djorkaeff, Anelka and plenty others. 

He's only in the job a matter of hours and Rooney gets a hat trick.?

Was he actually in the job? Thought Unsworth was still the man for last night. In my experience all supporters would prefer boring football plus staying up to flair and relegation. Anyway I always said they should have given Koeman more time, he said they would come right.