Eggbert Nobacon 1:36 Tue May 12
Telegraph: allardyce refuses new two year contract
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/west-ham/11598549/West-Ham-manager-Sam-Allardyce-to-quit-Upton-Park.html
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Eggbert Nobacon
1:37 Tue May 12
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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce to quit Upton Park
By John Percy
10:30PM BST 11 May 2015
Sam Allardyce set to end tenure in east London and may consider move west
Sam Allardyce will reject any offer to stay on as West Ham United manager at the end of the season and he is understood to have turned down a tentative approach from the club’s board to open talks over a new deal.
It was widely expected that Allardyce would depart Upton Park, with his contract expiring, but West Ham have experienced frustration with targets Jürgen Klopp, David Moyes and Eddie Howe.
Klopp, who has announced that he will leave his position as Borussia Dortmund manager this summer, was sounded out via intermediaries but is prepared to wait until he makes his next career move.
Moyes is highly regarded by the West Ham board but he has made it clear that he will be staying at Real Sociedad for another season, while Howe will not leave Bournemouth after guiding the club to the Premier League by winning the Championship title.
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West Ham have other options, which could include Michael Laudrup, the club’s former defender Slaven Bilic and Napoli’s Rafael Benítez, yet any hopes of persuading Allardyce to stay on will be turned down by the 60-year-old.
Allardyce is understood to have two other offers, one in England and one abroad, and one of those could be Fulham who are expected to search for a new manager after another season of underachievement in the Championship.
His future will not be at West Ham, however, and he has decided that he will leave the club even if they make a firm proposal to him in the next few weeks. Sources at West Ham have insisted that there was an approach made to Allardyce recently, with a new two-year deal potentially on offer, but it was declined.
That leaves West Ham facing a possible headache with their options diminishing, ahead of a crucial 12 months when they prepare to move into the Olympic Stadium for the 2016-17 season.
Allardyce is on the brink of securing a top-10 Premier League finish and could even clinch a place in the Europa League next season. West Ham are second in the fair play league, behind Liverpool, but could qualify if they can finish with fewer bookings than nearest rivals Everton, who they play on Saturday.
It has been a difficult final campaign for Allardyce, with injuries to the club’s record signing Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho leaving him woefully short of attacking options. He has also been criticised by supporters over his tactics and style of play despite a concentrated attempt to bring in more flair players last summer. Allardyce is adamant that the season has been a success.
“Our position is to try to get 50 points or better and finish in the top half where we have been all season. It will be very disappointing for me if we don’t manage that,” he said. “I know we have more points than we have ever got, we are one better off than year one, but we have to get to the 50 mark and stay in the top half.”
Allardyce’s departure this summer will end a tenure of four years in east London, following his appointment as manager in June 2011.
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terry-h
1:39 Tue May 12
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Thanks for that Eggbert,even though this news broke on crapnotshit's thread over an hour ago.
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Alex V
1:40 Tue May 12
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Sometimes he's capable of the right decision then.
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Eggbert Nobacon
1:40 Tue May 12
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Yeah but we've not had a new allardyce is leaving thread for almost half an hour so this was long overdue!
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The Cult Of Bill
1:42 Tue May 12
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Interesting but I understand why he wants another job
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Sydney_Iron
1:43 Tue May 12
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The Telegraph is right though, this leaves us in a difficult situation manager wise, i can only see one outcome........................
And he has saggy chops!
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terry-h
1:43 Tue May 12
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But you have said on numerous occasions he was staying,Eggbert.
Perhaps he will do a 'Farage' and change his mind.*
* please god no.
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Kenny Powers
1:45 Tue May 12
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I heard from a reasonable source a few months ago that Sam will be leaving and returning to the North for personal reasons, not footballing ones.
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Jonah Lomas
1:45 Tue May 12
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This is great news, and has certainly brightened a rainy Tuesday morning.
I reckon we'd be better off not even having a manager, than having Allardyce.
I reckon the squad could sort themselves out pretty easily, and I don't reckon Nolan and Cole would be selected.
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Jonah Lomas
1:46 Tue May 12
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Kenny Powers 1:45 Tue May 12
Are those personal reasons that everyone south of the M5 thinks he's an arrogant fuckwit?
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claret on my shirt
1:54 Tue May 12
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oh please let it be true
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sanfrancis-co-uk
1:55 Tue May 12
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Right move for all involved if (hopefully)true.
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Seasar
1:55 Tue May 12
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Here it is Daves the list, time to get to work.....
Paco Jemez (Rayo Vallecano)
Stefano Pioli (Lazio)
Vincenzo Montella (Fiorentina)
Paulo Sousa (Basel)
Javi Gracia (Malaga)
Unai Emery (Sevilla)
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (Valencia)
Phillip Cocu (PSV)
Frank de Boer (Ajax)
Markus Weinzierl (FC Augsburg)
Jürgen Klopp (Dortmund)
Julen Lopetegui (Porto)
Sérgio Conceição (Braga)
Marco Silva (Sporting CP)
Siniša Mihajlović (Sampdoria)
Slaven Bilić (Besiktas)
Alexander Francis Neil (Norwich)
Slaviša Jokanović (Watford)
Eddie Howe (A.F.C. Bournemouth)
Mark Warburton (Brentford)
Aitor Karanka (Middlesbrough)
Dieter Hecking (Wolfsburg)
Ronald Koeman (Southampton)
Michael Laudrup (Lekhwiya)
Leonardo Jardim (Monaco)
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the exile
1:58 Tue May 12
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I wouldn't mind giving him a few personal reasons for returning to the North.
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jimbo2.
2:01 Tue May 12
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The owners are not stupid enough to bring Redknapp in. Why does this ridiculous idea keep surfacing?
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claret on my shirt
2:01 Tue May 12
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Laudrup would do me
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Sydney_Iron
2:06 Tue May 12
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jimbo2. 2:01 Tue May 12
I agree and disagree as they may be left with a difficult decision particularly if all the decent potential replacements either don’t want to come or stay were they are or chose another club, so it may well come down too, employ someone with little or no PL experience or give “H” a 1 year contract whist they try and use the lure of the O/S to find a long term replacement.
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claret on my shirt
2:19 Tue May 12
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There'd be a fucking riot if bagpuss came back
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Razor Ironz
2:21 Tue May 12
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Interesting times ahead, who will replace him is the million dollar question.......
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El Scorchio
2:22 Tue May 12
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Well this could all end up being very embarrassing for us if this is true and we can't land a decent replacement...
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