Famous manager, Sam Allardyce has said if he had a foreign name like Sam Allardicio, he could’ve managed club like Manchester United.
When he was West Ham coach, Sam was blasted by rival supporters for saying “I won’t ever be going to a top-four club because I’m not called ‘Allardici’, just Allardyce.”
Allardyce has now addressed the claim during an appearance on the Alan Brazil’s Sports Breakfast on TalkSPORT.
His words, “The best way to get a Premier League job if you are British is to change your name to a foreign name,”
“I have always said if I was ‘Allardicio’ I could have managed Manchester United.”
On Brendan Rogers doing well at Leicester, “We can all go to Celtic and win trophies,” he said.
“Well, it will soon be Rangers I think. The way Steven Gerrard is going they will start winning trophies again… fans expect you to win trophies [there] and if you don’t do that then you get the sack.”
On Sean Dyche and Burnley, “Sean Dyche has taken Burnley from obscurity into Europe.
“[A place in] Europe, over a consistent level of games, is much harder to achieve than winning a piece of silverware, where you play six or seven games and get to a cup final.
“I don’t understand the logic, it just isn’t logic whatsoever. You cannot work at a smaller club and expect to get a bigger job by winning trophies… it’s an absolute nonsense.”
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