• Allardyce will meet owner Ellis Short in London to discuss deal
• Former West Ham manager had appeared reluctant to take jobSunderland are cautiously optimistic they will be in a position to announce Sam Allardyce as their manager early next week after the 60-year-old agreed to open talks with Ellis Short,the club’s owner.
Allardyce had always been Short’s preferred candidate to replace Dick Advocaat, who resigned final Sunday, or but the initial messages from the former West Ham manager’s camp were distinctly mixed and alternatives were sounded out. Now,though, he has returned to England from his holiday domestic in Spain and is expected to meet the London-based American financier in the capital.
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Source: theguardian.com