Sam Allardyce open to international football management

By Giuseppe Labellarte, ReporterPublished: 19 July 2017 12:28 PM

Former England and Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce admits that he is open to the prospect of a return to international management.

Former England boss Sam Allardyce has admitted that he remains open to the prospect of a return to international management.

The 62-year-old left Crystal Palace at the end of the season after just five months in charge, saying that he had "no ambition to take another job" in football.

Allardyce, whose spell in charge of the Three Lions lasted for just one match having previously managed a number of English club sides, cited the demands of club coaching as a factor in his decision.

"For another club to say 'come and save us', I don't think that is for me now. I have been there and done it," Allardyce told talkSPORT.

"If I have to consider anything, it would have to be an international position, and that would have to be obviously right for me and where I felt I would have a chance and perhaps maybe I could perhaps persuade [my wife] Lynn to allow me to do that.

"It is less demanding than the Premier League. The tension and the pressure is huge. When you are on international duty, it is all focused on you, but of course after that months go by before you meet up again, so that would maybe suit me, if I am enticed back into the game."

Alongside England and Palace, Allardyce has also managed Blackpool, Notts County, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Sunderland.